the dairy queen at sunset by elaine equi
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after each private episode
one re-enters society anew
amid cowlicks of light
a swirl of voices
sharp in the nose
as razorblades of grass
sharp is "the taste
of noise" after silence
the cool residue
of an electrical disturbance
carried home
in a paper cup.
(image by me)
(poem source: surface tension, poem by elain equi. coffee house press, 1989.)
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