III (Reality Principle)
J. Michael Wahlgren

This section is to precede
What follows. I
Swallow:

Maybe the word
racecar, backwards.
These tracks

Will wither
Fern
Or gardenia. Weeds

That linger
At the bottom of lakes
Never shout

Unless tangled
In anchors,
Rope. Falling

Ash of a cigar
From a philosophic depth, I
Intend to climb as ivy does.

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