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[[ figure dithyrambs of Regio Manicomio ]]
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...........................we: romanticized amnesiacs
.....................................we; skimming dead
..............................ring washers
...the stitched-on regret of hospital gowns;
...a stark barium--

..................someone’s loose arm laughs
....................with intravenous drip--
.....each moment wastes away in suspended
....air, then into plump veins of calm lethality

.................................I'm dreaming

...............she's dreaming


.....of an old flesh again,
dilated flesh--how we hold
tight to things we know will
soon slip away from our grasp


but I’m going dancing, she claims
[her hips will fade away
...............if she doesn’t]


.........where is your language heading?
..........Is it safe to keep sex partners
.......in a bottle? Before my eyes dreamily
................ scalp a long, jagged gaze
..........the gowns flow into ghost distances
.....like breathy water once shone
against pale light-- like…

...........................deliration,

the sweetest hazy disposition

.....................................*

.........................we’ll share no end
..............with our bodies, no moment
.....................of deep ignition