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Bounty and Twenty Poems to Read on the Streetcar Senior Thesis ...

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After <strong>the</strong> Vigil<br />

I wished for natural death —<br />

who press but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ns ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

than coax flame from spark —<br />

when nothing natural is<br />

instantaneous. The spirit<br />

left <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> its own<br />

does not cleave itself<br />

neatly from flesh but surrenders<br />

organ by organ, cell by cell<br />

while its children caught<br />

in <strong>the</strong> breath between<br />

wait <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> exhale.<br />

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