CIGARETTES IN ROWS

from HANDS AND FEATS by Richard Laviolette and Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

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I do not pass eyes to a passing [unknown]
To the people trapped inside struggling for sunlight
I do not lift my nose to the cotton in the air
Smoking cigarettes in rows
Forcing muscles to pose
For the photograph
With all my friends
In the photograph
Pose for the photograph
They’re not my friends
In the photograph

I do not pass ears through the layers of the earth
Histories of time in the stories I’ve heard
I do not pass ears as we carry out the dead
Ship them off to foreign lands
Drinking whiskey instead
As we read about
Their getting shot dead
We read out loud
Shot dead
We read about
Their getting shot, killed
We read out loud
As we read about
Their getting killed dead
We read out loud
As we read about their getting killed dead
We read about.

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from HANDS AND FEATS, released September 1, 2007

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