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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{REMEMBERING STERLING MORRISON}
  sara croft steptoe


is like the act of gravity on tears or a rock
song perfectly flawed. reach toward the

ceiling to feel each beat in the air, praise
fingertips which sense the shape and
skin of every note! white noise all around,
impure enough to hear the singer --

busy suckin' on my ding dong! how we
stretched to hold the conjured

Spirits there! up high so we might finally
love the act of holding. too late. too late.

They're gone above the crowd. gone, too,
moments of fame, Max's Kansas City, 1970.