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60 Aubade฀with฀a฀Heel฀of฀Bread,฀a฀Heart,฀and฀the฀Devil After฀rain฀sputters฀to฀an฀end฀and฀there฀is฀nothing but฀pulse— After฀venous฀smells฀fill฀the฀room like฀a฀gun฀firing.฀After฀steam฀and฀lullaby of฀early-morning฀cock฀a฀doodle฀doo,฀I฀think my฀name฀twenty-five฀times,฀a฀dulcet฀song in฀time฀to฀the฀tune฀of฀the฀dog฀brushing฀his฀side against฀the฀fence,฀and฀know฀it’s฀the฀hour฀of฀naming my฀ghosts.฀In฀the฀time฀it฀takes฀for฀the฀curtain edges฀to฀define,฀I฀will฀mistake฀a฀heel฀of฀bread฀for฀a฀lung and฀the฀Devil฀will฀dance฀off฀the฀knife-edge jabbed฀into฀the฀crust.฀I฀will฀be฀a฀phantom tattoo฀and฀the฀bone-rattle฀of฀ice฀in฀the฀trees.฀I฀will฀darken and฀harvest,฀and฀you฀will฀know฀me by฀the฀starlings฀and฀the฀killdeer฀and฀the฀crow. But฀for฀now฀what฀the฀hell฀do฀I฀know?฀For฀now I฀farewell฀the฀evening.฀Farewell฀cigarette฀and฀bourbon. Farewell฀my฀devil฀with฀your฀blue฀torch.฀Here฀I฀am, the฀vena฀cava,฀the฀septum,฀the฀shunt. ...

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