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FURTHER READING
Poems by Abraham Smith
for yam sir: elevated blues
we both split
whim man mammon
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every little meth

 
by Abraham Smith

runt crouched in
the dark part of the culvert
every sugar road
half a bag shy
of the flour roads
every here we go crow
spoiled at the touch
of gun holes in signs
love is inside
light wet seeds
nailed into
the crawlspace
between eyetooth
and barred goon
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Audio Clip
August 5, 2008
The Arsenal, Central Park, New York City
From the Academy Audio Archive



From Whim Man Mammon, published by Action Books. Copyright © 2007 by Abraham Smith. Used with permission.
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