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Sonnet (full-court press)

04/28/2026 14:58h
having studied swarthmore charts and mirrors, fashion magazines, foucault, bloom, bad light, whereof—hereof—had not become clearer; what vision to present as first self-sight. self quit; put on boots and a see-through dress, some thought it was ironic "self-object- ification", said they were not impressed. some guessed that "honesty" was self's subject, were put off nonetheless, self-asked: to sleep with me? who would? self flat, self one inch deep, self-glimpsed not much in that giant mirror: innocence -credulity, self doth protest! hey! presumptuous interlocutor! pissed off, thwarted, played, and soon, undressed!