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pool table
church basement
long hair
(in knots)

carpeted stairs
lime corridor
take-out food

wood counter
rusted fence
chapped lips
(out back)

crawling
walking
running

someone surrendering
hands up
picked apart until

crawling
walking
running

the “why won’t you”
the
“how could I?”

family land - crawling
burning bushes - walking
skinny arms - running

the
“I can’t believe you’d go”

heavy blow
dressed in indigo