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"Movie-Making"
By Gabrielle Oliver

                              In a flash of confidence,              you captured me
                                         mouth parted as if               about to say something
                                                    impertinent,               churlish         even
                                            my call for space               though common
           in our ruffled sheet music, made               sense told you
                                                           all sweet                no-
                                             things rot. Your               body wanted
                           satisfaction with motion               pictures taken
                                     in my bedroom and                like that ‒
our dynamic       fell on a final bar line                out of nowhere.
Penumbra @ Stan State
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