Holzer Ontario Projection [by John Emil Vincent]

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February 24, 2009

Holzer Ontario Projection [by John Emil Vincent]

Loss has verbs in its pockets.

X was

and now isn’t.

Y notices

that X was and now isn’t.

X was here, now X is gone.

Loss is sly ownership.

Absence rings, tapped crystal.

Loss sings the rim.

X lost Y, X feels lost.

Loss has no appetite.

Posted by John Vincent on February 24, 2009 at 12:39 PM | Permalink

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark

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