heartland

industrious distances
indiscreet streets
tin inns
______of childhood

the h goes missing

has disappeared
from the heartland
reliable abstraction
changes

______direction

______becomes a chair


the suitcase has wings
a triptych of tinctures
indistinct time
instinctive song
______followed by sleep

negatives

______& narratives

her head

______is a suitcase

his suitcase

___ a window
the space between
_______________ a river

the traveler

______ is me

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Lynne Shapiro
Cliff Tisdell

notes on the process

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