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by David Bromige

Eros & Thanatos want me to mention
We're up to 173K as of today
They remind me of lovers in Paris
Lovers in books & movies
They stand for so much
They always keep track
Their fights are spectacular
They accumulate
I know other people not myself
Do they also belong to the club
The continuous & the discrete
Love you love you knot
N-dimensional geometries
And those circles moved
As it writes me an object swims
To the glass & says Hello
I'm Thanatos (or Eros)
A hand takes rapidly dictation
An eye the weave in a rug
This is the twentieth line

When I exited, it was down to 87K. I'm sure this has a simple explanation. But at first I feared I'd lost half the book.

My impression is, this down-to-earth person writing these notes underwrites the authenticity of the poems, which are hard to evaluate for those who lack practice.

You must also understand that magic

from VULNERABLE BUNDLES by David Bromige
image COLLISION by Elizabeth C. Herron

Bromige - &Moon - 85 - 86 - 87 - 88 - Salazar Library Exhibits