Approaching the Meridian 

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A frame condenses time or spreads it out 
expose light sensitive paper 
with a pin number, key 
                                              and bulb 
untitled gelatin 
                  silvered print, your 
                        alphabetical advantage
              in the phone book 
      fascinating people 
watching 













 

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Penchant for present to present participle 
cubed cube, sky most white  
stinging gradient of saved-up light   
                                                     lightest and   
                                                  light from below  
appeal: 
he’s dropping a body  
                    of music  
delayed by a year















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Vitamin G (gossip) before high tide swims 
                                                      oneiric label 
                                   on top of this trip 
                north Atlantic waived estate 
                               and nausea at exactly  
                                             60 mph / 100 kph 
turtle carapace  
                cracks a tinge 
                   common sole hangs from 
the ceiling indefinitely















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Some sculptural            stone carving of an oyster shell
some gestural             untuck hair from a collar
some not here

                                                            friction shards
                                                          solidify near bone
                                             the steps to his place, chipped
                     teal paint, atrophied

                                                                           a fish slips in water
                                                                           aged pool of my anger

 ashtray never emptied















  

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Madeleine Mara is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is originally from Toronto.