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TC Tolbert.

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"dear Melissa- a curve billed
thrasher is cleansing its beak

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on the ground- we are closer now
than ever- sitting in shadow-

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I never want to scare
anyone- not really-

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I have a friend who loves
people who come out suddenly-

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in the dark-

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pleasure is the same
distance as pain from here-

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that's my skin on your sweater-
both hands stripped now-

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I know I am someone
to you I am entirely-

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practicing Spanish
on the computer-

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gesturing to the neighbor
instead of speaking-

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to sharpen the body
is never an accident-

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someone I know I am not- letters
are inseparable from loss-

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moving what can be still moved-
one is sweeping the mouth-

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whatever isn't
skin- take it off-"

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That was TC Tolbert.