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***BIO*** Brien James Dawson Resides in St. Augustine, Florida. He enjoys building model bridges to burn down, he was Crazy Horse in a past life. He likes to ground and pound when he isn't in the stand up position. To contact him, put your ear to the ground and tap the theme to Mario Brothers, he can hear it from 3,578 miles away.
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Comme Ci Comme Ca
by Brien James Dawson
you wake    cold tickles you upwards
the foot    the shin    then the door
sunlight meets you in the bathroom
water from the showerhead
hits your hand like hail
the thighs tingles    small hairs
on the stomach rise    bare breasts

you say to the mirror   
hello morning    you smile
birds answer back   Hello Hello
then scatter sadly    the children
below take the bus    you’re alone

you write in your journal
that you wish to quit smoking
morning is a struggle
one leg then the other
and suck in    one arm in then
over the head    a hand
through the hair

the keys are missing
coffee spilled upon the counter

you’re late for the funeral.
Jan. 2007
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