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“& listening to night sticky with sweat”
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& listening to night sticky with sweat the brown head glows with what it has said and heard the air in which moths thud on screens light becomes yellow & hissy says uh huh talks talks through the fabric curtain it’s hidden behind speaks in voices that sound certain listens in on flights of static all the pops and groans grow ecstatic and there are buzzes and rowlings and they make what you might call a terrible racket could be cats come from outer space the other side of the moon or birds they’re that far off and all trying to speak at once so eager they talk over one another take over the room speckle it with their voices that spot by spot form a shell we talk inside a thin elastic the light in their voices warping The Poetry of Dennis Cooley / 49 This page intentionally left blank ...