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by Mark Ford

Unwinding in a cavernous bodega he suddenly

Burst out：——Barman， these tumblers empty themselves

And yet I persist； I am wedged in the giant eye

Of an invisible needle. Walking through doors

Or into them， listening to anecdotes or myself spinning

A yarn， I realize my doom is never to forget

My lost bearings. In medias res we begin

And end： I was born， and then my body unfurled

As if to illustrate a few tiny but effective words

But——oh my oh my——avaunt. I peered

Forth， stupefied， from the bushes as the sun set

Behind distant hills. A pair of hungry owls

Saluted the arrival of webby darkness； the dew

Descended upon the creeping ferns. At first

My sticky blood refused to flow， gathering instead

In wax-like drops and pools； mixed with water and a dram

Of colourless alcohol it thinned and reluctantly

Ebbed away. I lay emptied as a fallen

Leaf until startled awake by a blinding flash

Of dry lightning， and the onset of this terrible thirst.

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