#234 picture book
your pictures didn\u2019t make\nit through the second time\nthe plates already scoured\nwith naphtha and wool wiped\nclean of any memory\n\nand after all what is real\ntrapped in tin zinc or glass\na frozen stare a forced smile\na fight earlier in the day before\none big happy family\n\npicture book\na catalog of ghosts\n\nno soul is stolen when one\ndoesn\u2019t exist in the first place\nthe shoe boxes full of empty\nhusks and yellow cellophane\nattachments betray\n\npicture book\na catalog of ghosts\n\n\nepw 12.10.07 perrysburg, oh