degrees
marjie was put in a house down the
road
her feet had been burned
she was
a ward of the court
her foster- father was called big hands
marjie of the lost ocean
washes her hair
she's weeding the garden
in her underwear
big hands brings her a lemon
he cries in the dark
his eyes
glued on ocosta
washington ferry
willy the half-track
passes twelve
marjie is inside
her foster-mother
making bread
they talk about sex
how oyster shells
have babies
marjie thinks of big hands
the aftershave
the nausea
hustle the japanese glass
balls of fire
blowing lynn point beach
to pieces
of sea
she dries his eyes all night
queen of dreams
king of hearts
she is the scorpion
in the camper child
he is the single man
she calls daddy
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