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Her Hunger, Barometrical
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51 HER HUNGER, BAROMETRICAL Meaning, I wore my feathers into the shower this morning. Meaning, my towels need washing again. I’m itchy all over. The coffee’s so cold I’m offended. I can’t do this. I shed another layer— to the bones, rattling tongue depressors, wind chimes, lips gone numb. I am on the patio with my neighbor’s wife asking her to scratch my arm, pointing at the horizon, the coming storm, not there, there. I am more predictable than I used to be, meaning: I’ll clothesline my hands, meaning: I hungered evenly the view from up here. ...