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On my email "brown-eyed beauties undressing"
from the metart listserv
my shirt has thin blue stripes
my belly empty except for scattered desserts
and coffee
and the grains of wood in the desk
and classes were canceled for the evening
we're all relaxing in our homes
my friends will likely convince me
to drink tonight it's a thursday
but I feel
like something should be stopping me
something profound and urgent
like the need to get it down
or the need to get it done
or the reality that it's been seen
already, already done, already
did it the women are beautiful here