what’s felt addicts
even with eyes
loped
it’s early enough
to be a few people
to deviate
more false than
the universe
exploding
a billion years
before we know it
I turn a dark
into an ex
plosion
it seems impossible
I'm not hurt
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what’s felt addicts
even with eyes
loped
it’s early enough
to be a few people
to deviate
more false than
the universe
exploding
a billion years
before we know it
I turn a dark
into an ex
plosion
it seems impossible
I'm not hurt
Brian Foley's first collection of poems, The Constitution, is forthcoming.
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