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MUSELMANN

a fall

from absence

to loss,

indiscernible break,

as we press

upon it; silent breath-turn,

old, bony

finger, sliding up the old wall

and curls,

over the edge, the perverted arc

unto itself

unravels, the black suits at kaddish

pressed,

absent memory, the returner’s plight,

aporia

that no long-distance swimmer can cross—

only a snap

and détente

and descent

or the drop