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I’m the man
at the altar;
I hold the knife
yet I’m naked

I am photographs
with eyes,
and I can’t stop my thumb
making wind
with the album
as I try
to trade
infinity for pain

but she can clothe me
with a grave
that makes a dustness
of the blade
while the wind
blows the ashes
away

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