Heliopause. Heather Christle

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      The book said legally

      thought the captain

      of the slave ship Zong

      to throw the people overboard

      instead of letting them starve

      would ensure compensation

      for his loss

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      And another has made

      the words to decay

      until what remains

      is

       loss loss

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      When I go to the video

      it is paused close to darkness

      the place

      where I had last stopped

      and as I drag the cursor backward

      so it can start again

      I’m reversing

      into morning what was night

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      The three buildings in the corner

      begin a hypotenuse

      the dark clouds

      —diligent—complete

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      The subsection of sympathy cards

      labeled words fail me

      on which we pen

       sorry for your loss

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      The lights that come on last—

      what were they resisting?

      Or do they not notice

      as sometimes can happen

      while the hours carry in

      the new-fallen dark

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      They say we have fallen

       a long way

      to the cold

       and planetary light

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      They say the bomb is a flower

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      A body falls much faster

      than the night

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      You will forgive me won’t you

      for the lines