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Trains scream down her anus
.Men on the tracks
running West
from the city beat
They ride the rails along her body.
Flat tawny belly
-the desert--
barren deso~ate--
She lies lethargic in the sun.
Vultures wing over her
vai ting to gut her.
Mountain thighs spread
canyons echo bebreeD
vast nothingness below•
.Knees bend towards the Pacific
scarred shins
twisted ankles of highways
She stops
at the shore wiggling her spread toes
(painted sandy pearl)
in the wave.
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