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Fall Guy

Never expecting
the night to be here
without us
nevertheless any illness
in private chamber
and thrown unexpectedly
into a weird premise
never rehearsed
but sharing the eccentricity
of a fall guy
given an option
of prayer or panic
lame in an accidental way
that fever of moment
linking monads of stupor
with one's fate
crushing down
every consideration's grab bag
trembling along the wall.

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