City Side Walk

from letting bleed

City Side Walk – – – – – – – – fifteen       and    a   ripening   cherry full    of     mind     stick      and    un- bloomed     syllogism       I       often walked  three   blocks   beyond  my – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – straight    beat    path     to     glimpse through       the     disblinded       first floor    front   window     of   another straight    shot   Chicago    apartment – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – my    earliest    lesson    in     concrete poetry     on     the    wall    a   canvas muralesque  white  close range  black spray    painted      cursive  :    merde

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City Side Walk from letting bleed, chapter one of the master's thesis, for want of an epitaph, by wendy blake
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