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Sic
Kate Simpson

to the system of #HAMERON, paper cuttings
and the business of filling stomachs with ill-chewed text
until it swills irresponsibly. Tongues are over-indulgent;

words fall like purple figs slipped open
showing seedy ventricles, another false fruit
leaking juice to feed a family for the night.

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