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Jason Roach The Wielded Dead

go, and lay with the dead.

they are not strangers. tie

them to you and pull

them from their graves.

drop them in conversations

like tea bags in ready water.

weave them through the streets

and your philosophies,

take them to your home,

put them on your shelves.

cover your windows with the

yellowed papers of their shrouds.

go, and lay with them.

keep them by your side and

use them, use them.

make living useful.

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