Among Some Anapests at Civic Center

The fascists have entered the town

           Sun like a late        ripe peach         

           City says no
           to masks

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The word saudades cannot easily be translated. Our mother & i translate Brazilian poetry, & when we come to the word saudades we hesitate. . . .

Poem of Hope, Almost at Equinox

Mystical Lichen Falls Through the Fonts

Half the Half-Nocturnes

Air for Mercury

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