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Noosed & Hooded by Common Household Items

head held under deceive the sensitive palate.
the sword, hilt held the ceramic mug on
like twine tablecloth/veil/hijab
about a neck. or simply the (glowing) screen or print
behind which we are concealed:
with power comes great the words which project themselves
tragedy. the officer with assault charges menacingly
& the alarmed public circling the head from the page.
line, while taking a sip
of home-brewed coffee. the reader does not need
to drink the full cup
the head(line) or see beneath the swaths of fabric—
is a controversial topic. they know the bitterness of a
the inherent differences full-bodied
within grey matter between the sexes brew.
or races.
the deliberate design in anatomy we swallow this and more
in its required sheath. (all sources, if authoritative,
must be valid)
you must decide which intimacies while we sit
are too vulgar for a front page; prettily for portraits
which will complement or, perhaps, of our abuse.

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