Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

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“Tell me, the poet says, the lie I need to feel safe, and tell me in your own voice, so I believe you. One more tale to stay alive.”

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“You wanted to be cremated so we cremated you and you wanted an adventure so I ran and I knew you wouldn't catch me. You are a fever I am learning to live with, and everything is happening at the wrong end of a very long tunnel.”

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“I had four dreams in a row where you were burned, about to burn, or still on fire.”