Drew Gardner
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Alpha Centuri Radio
as if
we’re not aware of each other
the world
is on fire
could have
been anywhere
that
defends you from these actualities
water
towers dark against the sky
to come out
of earth
intensely aware
of each other, don’t bother
is doubt,
in friendship’s doubt
into that
dark center
the trickle
of filth addresses in gutters of cement
is too
high, uninterested
a multiple
star system with three stars
orbiting
one another
in a
certain athletic cluelessness
which is
less than paper
and the
heavens drip with bloody meat
blips
behind the bars
it’s
okay to eat fish
when we
step out of the solar system
because
they don’t have any feelings
drinks from
the candle
covered
with it
is the closest
I can come
offers his
friends an oven
while I was
busy with the labor of these mistakes
could have
been anywhere in the world
of turning
away
I’m
sorry, but the spiders
are going to have to start being careful
of me
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