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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{chronological}
  evelyn lauer


1994

There is not much there
except your absence:
river     street
limestone         moon—
red hat
        on your head
        yet to meet
my eyes.

1995

across the room
a red hat         love
the white words written
the white words unwritten
love     room     still
this is when it enters
this is when you enter
hat     red     

1996

Eggs on a blue plate
newspaper         naked
bodies along a couch
football season:

1997

cities: space, the moon
between us, its holes
our holes         jealousy
even in the way your
hand holds mine

1998

Summer. A lake full
of emptiness: a song
the back of your head,
her head         my
stupidity in a pink shirt.

1999

phone call         your
stolen voice, silver
water, the bow of
a boat, a dream
of wine and cheese
this is when
2000

Her pink razor
left behind
and then
her son      yours.

2001

blocks away: the
pain of not

2002

Fall. Yellow leaf
sidewalk         our
feet:       Iowa.

2003

your face        finally
without guilt:
body follows
the top of a kitchen
counter
2004

Spring. Park lawn:
hips, blue, birthday.
The last time.

2005

first year in 10
without.
2006

Winter.