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and
a
producer
of
haitian
and
canadian
descent
becomes
the
key
to
a
country
you
won't
find
on
any
map
.
the
woman
who's
taken
this
name
haunts
a
concrete
curve
where
airplanes
fall
and
fight
to
take
flight
. "
to
be
without
me
is
kind
of
like
killing
myself
,"
she
sings
.
you
let
the
truth
of
that
sink
in
.
downstairs
, ron's
getting
into
the
southern_comfort
again
. shelby smirks
and
watches
him
bounce
off
the
walls
.
every
coat
hook
is
already
spoken
for
.
a
blue_jay
bruises
the
hardwood,
writing
a
poem
with
tendons
and
bone
.
a
haiku
no
tame
heart
could
hope
to
hear
.
you
remember
how
it
was
when
you
were
a
dark
-eyed
dog
siphoning
love
songs
from
shattered
conch shells.
sometimes
,
when
the
rest
of
the
world
is
asleep
,
you
tap
into
what's
still
wild
in
you
and
wail
.
you
die
a
little
more
each
time
your
wet_nose
whines
to
tell
the
wavering
world
you
were
one
of
its
dirty
denizens.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from