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Daley


Ryan Daley

Titled


The first person to text message dies

linguistic dick measuring aside
where all stand and
see how Latinate we are

double decked aorta
hold tight left
turn

muddle single
file vis-à-vis thy
own krebs cycle

I am so pro
-criminalization
of public displays of
affection

–armoring a sister’s crosswords the
steeples of your cities where. I wanna take you—

why must they learn the lean way

at one point
everything stolen has
been free

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