\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0too small, warm,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0foetal things, curled infant thumbs<\/p>\n
pink and black beneath fur,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0i fear you,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0i feel pain sometimes
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (the tips of my teeth ache)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0i am soon to die<\/p>\n
a piece of mold-bread or dry,
\nhard cheese:<\/p>\n
\u201cvermin\u201d, or \u201cpest\u201d; you
\nexterminate; i hold on\u2014
\nunrepenting, breeding, i am just like you
\ni am immortal,
\nmultitudes surging beneath Lhasa and Vatican
\nand Calgary, even<\/p>\n
i am\u2014 you
\nunknow it\u2014among you,
\nunseen, i
\nfeel death between my
\nribs and tailbones,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0feed and breed and hide and sleep and
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0feed and\u2014<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0carry plagues on my back;
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0virus, bacteria in my saliva, in my muscle\u2014
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0forget me drowning in
\nunderground rivers of shit?<\/p>\n
murderer?<\/p>\n
i will take
\nyour child\u2019s face away
\naway from you
\nat night<\/p>\n
— Montreal, 1999<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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