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[urgent_stare]

in august
boy
lifts
the sun dress
of his
mother
and clings
to her
calves
watching
the sun
darken
in the
fabric
of the
dress

next august
boy
buries
next august
boy
builds
boy
builds
boys
who
build
adults
who
build
soldiers
for
boy
to
d est r o y

&

boy
forgets

sun dresses

to hide
from September

buried in
a
trunk
in an attic.

like
his
mother

buried
in
the
ground
just this year.