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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

someone said, be desireless

we were all talking, things
taking shape as they do,
when someone said, be
desireless, like that is
at all a thing people
are ever, and still
breathing.
 
(or even
really
a proper
word)
 
so from the true
heart of my own
desire, i told him
to shut the fuck up.  
that we were all talking,
that things were quite
naturally taking shape
as they do.

(2014)

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