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Rae Armantrout

FACT

FACT

FACT

Operation Phantom Fury.

*    *    *

The full force
of the will to live
is fixed
on the next
occasion:

someone
coming with a tray,

someone
calling a number.

*    *    *

Each material
fact
is a pose,

an answer
waiting to be chosen.

“Just so,” it says.

“Ask again!”
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FACT

Operation Phantom Fury.

*    *    *

The full force
of the will to live
is fixed
on the next
occasion:

someone
coming with a tray,

someone
calling a number.

*    *    *

Each material
fact
is a pose,

an answer
waiting to be chosen.

“Just so,” it says.

“Ask again!”

FACT

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