[A] “around the body”
[ “Because I thought”
] “I would always know you in dreams”
You are sitting across from me in a classroom.
[ ]—to rememorize your face. But
You do not look [ ]. [ ]
I am stuck
Out the window but where there is nothing
But light [ . ] the foothills creased with
imaginary ligaments. [ ] & layers, [ ]. [ ] a frock coat,
shedding its skin. [ ] matted, a burnt star. I wanted to take you there—[for you to see]
the way green vibrates when clustered [ ] “is important.” But you never look [
]. & behind me the earth [ ]. “convulses”
& behind me the earth [ ]. “is sad”
& behind me the earth [ ]. “too green for you”
[ ] where the dream splits like water curving in a glass—your presence splits [ ].
[B] “the death of the voice”
[I comb] [the window] [and yell in]
[so much]—[folded] [around], [protective]. [a stair]
[to reach]— [space], [a far off landscape],
[thoughts].
[Face is [a] blankness &] “where confusion is in harmony.”
[the subtle webbing of the glass.]
[a dream] [apologizing for] [behavior]. [You do].
[You do not] [read].
[That you will read]. [I have slipped] [through the crack] [to you.]
“I love you”
[It says.] “is this what is?
[I just want you to speak] “is this what is confusion?”
[my advances] [stare and stare] [in the classroom.] [Maybe you will let me]
“maybe you will let me” [beyond the window—][to] [the greenness of the light].
“beyond the window to” [the mountains like a throat.]
[You] [loved greenness]
“You” “loved greenness”
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