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i.m. Diane Pretty
They lead me (nervous and suited)
to the living room. She's all
peachy-toed and Rimmel redmouthed
smiles. Machines grind
and wink, but if you listen with care
you can hear that her body
is ticking, then cracking and oozing
out her liquid life, onto the carpeted floor.
She is now an interpreter of silence,
can read the walls’ unease,
reveal why the silvery sounds of dawn
rasp just for her. She is aware
that she is being edited, imperceptibly
nibbled by tiny fish, and contracting
down to this verse, this line
in the papers I am Diane, help me.
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