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An American Papyrus

By: Steven David Justin Sills

... the terminal's Scraped concrete The shelved rows of the poor men Hear the sound die on the pavement In a gradual dying echo. A cigarette succumbs to ... ... Alabama?" He wonders,. The rain stops. The hammers and saws peel their sounds from a roof. And he notices her steps Despite the stronger sounds; h... ...garage sales For her yard sales, with the same prices, So as to recall the sounds of human voices Other than her own. Brumfield... ...uld pour its breath to the weeds At the edge of the tracks, losing them In sound and mist of a voice Screaming out, alone, Through the cold and the li... ...e sofa in fever and hoping That in the shadows on the wall and the Passing sounds that are concentrated on her mind One will bring deliverance--only p... ... and my own depleted life-- The breath of her mouth my only nourishment. Masking tape From hurricane threats Remains at the edges of windowpanes; Pa...

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