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It moves
\nover tunnels and overpasses
\nswimming pools
\nand hospitals \tIt moves<\/p>\n

with funnels of clouds
\nand rains like steam engines
\non the parched mouth of suburb
\nand hooded stars<\/span><\/p>\n

—over insomniacs
\nhissing coffee pots
\nslow march of ticking digits<\/p>\n

over voices of exiles
\nbigots \tzealots
\nfortune tellers and sleepwalkers<\/p>\n

over silos and refineries
\nglinting
\nlike fabled palaces<\/p>\n

It moves
\nover the decrepitated town\u2019s
\nshuttered cinema \tinn
\na nature museum
\nOver<\/span><\/p>\n

the narrow road to prison
\na utopian farm\u2019s
\nthree-legged barn \trelics
\nmemories finally ownerless—<\/p>\n

The night moves
\nover us too
\nensconced<\/span>
\nin the catacomb of sleep
\nin time\u2019s fidelity<\/p>\n

published by Cargo Literary Journal<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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