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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{9}
  kelli stevens kane


It’s night time
when the sickness spreads out
when the cramps grip tighter
when the lost souls of earlier dead encircle me
and blow ancient germs in my face.
I am miserable
my feet are cold
and I want to be alone.
“That’s what we wanted too”
chant the souls
blowing in circles.