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Forgetting Form

by Anthony Robinson

More perfect than you, this one,
having no ladder to climb,
lacking the need to ascend-

but like you, full of a color like water,
the unassuming in-gathering
of what seem impressions, tracings

on onion-skin paper, an unknown
animal's clawmarks left
on the upholstery, the way the day

behind the glass looks slightly
different, more abundant
than the day outside--

She calls herself a perfectionist,
a badge that orders more
than shapes or reveals

the smooth skin and mathematical
mind are no match, really,
for the cloudburst, for what seems

clean: two days, white smocks,
the open mouth, the knowledge
that philosophy offers no consolation.

Anthony Robinson writes: "I am a graduate student in English Literature at the University of Oregon, where I also teach freshman composition and am an associate editor on the staff of the Northwest Review. My work has been widely published on the web and in small print journals, most recently Samsara Quarterly, Gumball Poetry, Caffeine Destiny, Able Muse, and EM Literary."
 

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