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Excerpt from A Life of Letters
Stephen Lindow
Uppercase J
is the hangman's noose,
a cactus root,
a walrus penis.
Lowercase a
is a tiny silver bell,
a sleeping prairie dog,
the soft hook on a lifejacket.
Uppercase E
smells like cobwebs and isn't to be trusted.
It is a building balancing after a blitzkrieg.
Lowercase g
is the finger holes for scissors,
the pubic hair on a cake of soap.
It is a hot soft pretzel.
Uppercase X
is shunned, cancelled and over exerted.
It is a treasure glyph, an explosion.
It has the personality of a chainsaw.
Lowercase t
hangs in the shed covered with rust.
It is the cheap tie of salesman.
It is a crucifix in a strong magnetic field.
Uppercase A
is the steep pitch of my roof.
It is 1/64 part of a snowflake.
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