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Posted on July 27, 2014 by johnmannpoems
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Basilisk

The world is looking at you.
Day upon day, night
following night. Voice
throws itself into the wind.
Feet hammer, arms
semaphore. Pulse
works and works.
The body is like a house
and out you come.

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