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our stud
as thin as
my hand
stands
rattling his
balls

like dioe
~O'ldnst
the lnnd

strains his neck -'
tightens the /
rope
coils & unooils ;"
the sharp
/
musoles
in his legs -'.

training his olear 1 \
eyes
on the Womb I "'
in everything:
birdsnests, I
the barn oat's
furry aroh, I
my sister's
bent l:"Ul!lp !
as she
gathers ;
ears
of corn. i

someday i
I'll bring him
n mare /
that will hold
her tail \
to one side \
& squirt
her amber \
lioquor
on the ground. -.--*.'-'~

then I'll ,
1rtatch
the hot world «,
that they
make " '",

& beoome ,J

myself AndriJ

BS hard
as a fist
tightened
1.n joy.

Jesse Glass