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grayed asphalt stadium lighting cellular tower leaf dance jaunt lilt bootsoles black pine	To say the trees green the sky blue bricks red letters spill point to further destinations the body shop on 45th across from white office buildings overalled-men stone patios press mortar into cracks measure the impact of feet and feudal longings for this landscape plant the yellow blossoms close to our beds mark our crossings
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Streaks of light lilac the ceiling chortles for sunshine and white linen enter the kitchen bowing paint three red lines across forehead dab wrists with oil carry powdered almonds there are two ways to tell this story lunching under porch fans or late dinners in the cellar let petals explain us each morning spread across water over feet	ash azaleas roadside a nest tunnel bay bridge underground underwater
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MEGAN KAMINSKI's first book of poetry, Desiring Map, is forthcoming from Coconut Books in 2012. She is also the author of six chapbooks, most recently Favored Daughter (Dancing Girl Press). Her poetry and nonfiction currently appear in Everyday Genius, Eleven Eleven, Denver Quarterly, American Letters & Commentary and other journals. She lives in Lawrence, KS, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Kansas.

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