MAN LIVES IN OWN
by Diane Webster



The man lives in his own body-odor orbit
so strong with gravity he shoves
other planets into different trajectories
so collision is minimized, and only
remnants of comet-tail smell remain
for straining through nose hairs
and fingers pretending to cover a cough.





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