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Published: Tue Oct 15 1974
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Sickness

Sometimes it feels good.
Layers of fur wrap around me.
My flesh grows heavy.
There is no energy to worry.
The bones & bitterness
grow soft and disappear.
At night, a flower closes.
Inside a caterpillar wheezes
in the sweet, stuffy air.

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Kim Connell is working on a novel while living in New York. (updated 1977)

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