Mason Gates
my body is china not China
it is because of the life
span of the butterfly
it never used so many variegated pens
or responded this blackly
to gentle correction
it is some coast which is dead
hummed & foamed
mouthy with flare
in all its air
there is more
screaming
screams can be desperate
or not desperate or
in another way desperate
it is important to listen
to tell apart
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Mason Gates is a poet living in Porto.