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“Pleasure,” “The Toys on the Floor” and “Within the Walls”

Issue 25 by Erich von Hungen

The block finds pleasure,
all that it needs,
as it is slipped into
the place conceived for it,
that spot where it truly fits:
snug, smooth, clean
without jiggle or sway.

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“Apple-Cold,” “Not Understanding,” and “If”

Issue 22 by Erich von Hungen

It is that first cold
that brings the apples,
the apple-cold,
the cold that moves the white moon
further, further up the tree,
the cold where the still, clear sky
lifts and stretches out
as if waking and making itself ready
for when the apples
and the moon
and the warm sun are gone,

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