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John Tyson

Elizabeth IL 3-5-4


At first always

explanation then

found a pattern

get stoned drunk

or both

find a hill

sit stare off into fields

towns far away

& wait

simple motion

elaborate vibration

whistle?

Sometimes we knew

then  count

I'd say 101

he'd 96

laugh smoke some more

oh how I wanted to…

or both

he never understood why.


              ***


It's that bitterness

a bad belch

you realize vomit

& that question of existence

staring off into fields

town far away.


              ***


Each word

phrase

boxcars

cows cars lumber

passenger

counted.

Recollection of vomit

& wanting to fuck

everyone of your friends

but never did.

30 yrs later rain spreads it's

vocabulary across mine eyes

drinking a beer @ 5:05 am

sharing all of this

with paper.


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