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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{transformation}
  patrick frank


1
The house is in chaos because we are in chaos

The family feels lost and we do, too

The boss is in and mildly casting about his evil eye

Dinner is thrown together. Joe cannot stop talking

Laura is in tears. She grabs a piece of chicken, escapes to her room

I want to talk to Amber about how we all feel but don’t have time

And now there is no blazing light of dusk

No life is seen

2
When darkness falls, we meet in a circle and share silence and music
and grow close to one another

and stop reckoning time
and stars reappear at midnight

We declare love wordlessly
and the nightmare ends