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"October 29-- the Dow
Closes Down 11,118" I--

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To make one thing of
me, Lord, Rilke writes,

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or to, work me, Lord, as Janis
sings, like a field song,

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mockingbird variations for
which I can find no equivalent.

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And no sooner have
I written them down

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than I want to post
it on a screen, where

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I can see all manner of
bodies, burned, burdened,

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crushed by the weight of
factories, here stitched

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into this night.

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Look up from the street, which
holds all manner of soldiers,

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before, during, after their
tours of Afghanistan, drones.

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The actress, like some
character in a Greek tragedy

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who cut off her
breasts, now flickering

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before me, cold candle.

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A fire I cannot feel hums
through me, particles sure,

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as any unseen cancer or cracks
in the wall of a garment

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factory--

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work me, Lord--
covered in paint.

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II-- why must man
always take on things--

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map galaxies, name particles--

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while factories burn,
ash rises to satellites?

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The question I carry
around, like a locket

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with a child's hair.

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The question of dead
children comes with mine.

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Begins, the world which is
economic system does not care.

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And in the wilderness beyond,
which is particle, attraction,

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and distraction, I slip from
the grip of garment factory fire

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to ask, over and over,
can you take it all in?

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Galaxy after galaxy?

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Open your eyes wide through
love or force or training?

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III-- let's remember this sky.

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And underneath, the
factory workers,

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like a thought that dark matter
thinks, a fluttering candle.

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Let's place ourselves
beneath this hood of night.

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You can't gate this, razor
wire, Guantanamo Bay this.

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The hospice nurse says rest.

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In the space between
breath, let there be space.

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In your gaze, let
there be nurse.

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Before you, check
your status update,

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wash clothes, pull up the rug.

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Like my status update--

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my revolutionary status update.

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