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The last few poems
I'm going to read

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are new pieces from
a new manuscript.

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And these were written
after November 2016.

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And so this is "Mathematics of
Healing, a Poem to America."

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"Yes, the gape of wounds exists.

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And how wounds elevate
both flesh and mind

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transform to causeways,
making us stony.

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So much to harden from.

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Today, the rehab office
speaks to you in costs.

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Addiction held up against
the window for all to see

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and what light shows through.

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The familiar symbol
of capitalism.

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Say dollar sign, dollar
sign, dollar sign.

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And you weigh your partner's
health against a price.

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A price the weight
of your heart in sag.

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A price that makes you
speak in equations.

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Say, price greater than
your current mortgage.

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Say, if I cannot
afford, do I still love?

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How some systems wrench us.

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And what of systems
and manipulation?

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Of numbers never adding up?

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Say, oh, health care.

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Oh.

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Say, capitalism for whom?

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Say, freedom and what of afford?

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A nation overjoyed to make you
poverty-bound, environmentally

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sick, an addict.

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And what of healing?

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Our nation offers that too
if your pockets run just

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deep enough."

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