| Jane’s clenched legs writhe. |
| Soot dress dance flannel
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| sheets. |
| Inane lush that can’t decide, but I’m snared
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| here. |
| I wake flustered in her bedroom that I can’t
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| escape. |
| I weep here’s something that can never change.
|
| This marriage is make believe. |
| Cook slop meal; |
| and
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| sew t-shirt; |
| and wash my plate; |
| and make bunk bed. |
| I
|
| never asked these things, because Jane’s now dead.
|
| Jane’s found dead, long dead. |
| Left me to this lonely bed.
|
| Hoard of locust mad.
|
| Jane floats down the aisle. |
| Voluptuous cream
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| wedding dress. |
| Family and friends tight smiles. |
| Razor
|
| near. |
| «I do,"and I promise on the bottle lover’s grave.
|
| She sighs, «our timeless loyalty is branded change.»
|
| This marriage is make believe. |
| Mow front lawn; |
| and
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| wash sports car; |
| and cut slab wood; |
| and pain garage;
|
| but we’re not a sexist pair. |
| Because Jane’s now dead.
|
| Because Jane’s been dead. |
| Because Jane’s found dead,
|
| long dead. |
| Stranded to this frigid bed. |
| Pacific bottom
|
| sad.
|
| I’ll mourn her softly
|
| A-frame by Winchester stream. |
| Trimmed hedge
|
| with daisies. |
| Fields. |
| Stained plank ceder fence. |
| My
|
| gramps' ponies. |
| She’ll shit a brick. |
| I bet. |
| Our house to
|
| raise a family. |
| She’ll shit. |
| I bet. |
| We’ll grow old
|
| together. |
| Snail slow and ancient gray. |
| Racquetball on
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| tuesday morning. |
| Playing eucker. |
| Sipping tea; |
| and
|
| watch the sun die from our rocking chairs. |
| We’ll gum
|
| sweet oatmeal holding dishpan hands. |
| She’ll shit a
|
| brick. |
| I bet. |
| To watch our children married. |
| She’ll shit.
|
| I bet. |
| To see us when we’re ninety, sleeping in on church
|
| sunday. |
| Playing our dated CD’s that we bought in my
|
| twenties.
|
| This marriage is make believe. |
| Now I’m crying on
|
| her body as she passed away without me, and left me this
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| bitter old man; |
| because Jane’s now dead, because Jane’s
|
| been dead. |
| Because Jane’s found dead. |
| My wife’s now
|
| dead. |
| My wife’s found dead. |
| Jane’s left dead. |