Lifshin, Lyn

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72IT WAS LIKEwading into the Mohawk to cool off a hot July and finding what turns out to be the last person on the bridge that collapsed in Schoharie two years ago washing up against youCAMPING WITH J, TRAVEL TIPSspread the map spread the canvas careful don't get it uneven spread the ground sheet spread the bags spread your legs shut your mouthHE MOVES FASTas a politician slashing thru cities a dancer who prefers allegros to adagio he's fast as a fan spinning so quick you think it 1 s still until you lose what you put too near he changes quicka quick change artist he wants illusion magic he's got some thing up his sleeve he hot foots he's all fancy foot work as if to obscure his real movesTHIS TIMEit was less like chemicals oozing out from dumps slowly poisoning the water you've become used to tasting a little strange like certain words but was belted out more like poison flooding up out of an under ground valve leaking thru pine and cotton to blow what seemed could hold up awhile apartHE SAYS HE NEEDS SPACE HAS AN EMOTIONAL SHUTDOWNhe unplugs thephone disconnects hisheart and his penisno light gets thrudark cloth over thewindow he pulls quiltshigher to shut outwhat was likedemerol and darvonafter Nam whenone leg blewoff as cutoff as Ifeel

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