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Ally
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But if you asked that night -
did I mention it was night? - why I didn't even try
to jimmy the lock to spring the sparrow, I couldn't say,
truthfully, that it had anything to do with envy, with wanting
a woman to plead as deeply for me as these sparrows did,
one for the other.
- "Upon Reading that Eric Dolphy Transcribed Even the Calls of Certain Species of Birds,""
— Oct 25, 2026 07:39PM
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did I mention it was night? - why I didn't even try
to jimmy the lock to spring the sparrow, I couldn't say,
truthfully, that it had anything to do with envy, with wanting
a woman to plead as deeply for me as these sparrows did,
one for the other.
- "Upon Reading that Eric Dolphy Transcribed Even the Calls of Certain Species of Birds,""
Ally
is on page 3 of 88
Not sleepwalking, but waking still.
with my hand on a gun, and the gun
in a mouth, and the mouth
on the face of a man on his knees.
- "On Confessionalism"
— Oct 18, 2026 07:51PM
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with my hand on a gun, and the gun
in a mouth, and the mouth
on the face of a man on his knees.
- "On Confessionalism"
