Clamor 2021

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believing secretly that i would be the one person in the history of man who would live forever Chris Ryan Lauer

elizabeth street where several women in shades of green resemble eva but i sleep next to others now and the upper crust of this city pay them all white salary it’s important to be in love most of the time all of the time or in something that closely resembles it i find myself sleeping and waking everyday without an instruction manual and the postal van that’s parked in front of my mailbox is the enemy i think through conflicted feelings involving contrived intimacy and a lack of authenticity but coffee & the opening of my soap glazed shower door allows the light to come in each morning there’s still one cloud left over my home but i don’t pay much attention to it because i live in its interior where a manic scene of wine laughter & gesticulation within a certain vacuous civilization intersect each night 15


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Contributors

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Frost and Fog

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Raking Leaves

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The Waiting Room

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Tired

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My Mirror

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Candle Crabs in Samar

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Along for a Ride

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Pandemic Philosophy

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Asilomar, December

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Mad Like Me

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Digging to China

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crime and punishment

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Roy and Dale and Dad

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Dissension in the Ranks

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BLUEBERRIES AND CRAYFISH

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An Empty Place

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Ghost Crossing

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A short road trip

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Making your bed

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And How Bright

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Genesis

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The Hungry College Kid

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Thunder Voices

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I gave my innocence to a psychiatrist

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Call It What You Will

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Honey-Sweet and Slow

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Tea Party

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