HANNAH

Au pair Ragtime tinkles. Velvet curtains
Mouths of Dissertation muddles. Swish. Italian
Glass slipper. Director’s cut
Cockatiel twitters. Fascinates.

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JACKSON

Cane stings Shipyard klaxon. Fixative grafts
Knuckles. Mortified Bevvy, ham Knick-knack.
Hour. Tucker. Squint clear
Of window.

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AGNES

Marionette contorts Stuffing gunks Surgical over-the-knees
On flames. Fork. Bubbles Bottlenecks veins.
Perihelion rebuffs Slosh terrine. Tea-weald
Sky. Mug idle.

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RAB

Sun-stroke nausea. Lathe vrooms. Cobwebs on
Corduroy shorts Hardwood whorls Blue Note.
Torment fireglow Plummet. Radiogram
Legs. Warms.

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MARVIN

Pencilled lines, First-footing Gnarled fingers
Detention. Muddied Proffering coal. Shackle laces.
Foolscap. Rum in Watch teeters
Tot. On eight.