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She filled her lungs and gushed     defenses against unmentioned arguments     incorrect references     irrelevant anecdotes and we watched, waiting, eyes fixed     as she fought with pulsing organs and lurking in her mind     waiting for an insomniatic midnight-honesty     was the realization of the final generation     ___ past this point empty black-nothing zero kelvin ___

I saw the party hang weightless  Filling the space of a moment The children took their places  And were squeezed by a vice-grip Drool collected on lowered lips A balloon rose to the ceiling A siren yawned behind walls and wind

I watched the rain fall on swollen soybeans    And tried to hold the image    And tried to hold the this-now     And was conscious of trying to hold the this-now     And it faded