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rice spills from our hair and clothes by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi



For Janet



Rice spills from our hair and clothes


Our ceiling leaks the rice grows fat


Our children spring open before our eyes might close


We cover their candles in fat and fire


And that waxwing takes what is left of my rose


Carry my salt and salt the pasture


Those birds rose to collect the bread we broke


That thrush eats my name from the ear of my lover



 

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi is the author of DISINTEGRATION MADE PLAIN AND EASY (1913 Press) and THE BOOK OF KANE AND MARGARET (FC2 / UAP). web: kiikak.com twit: @annhoggiscoming inst: @annhoggiscoming



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