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Rae Armantrout





















And

1

Tense and tenuous

grow from the same root

as does tender

in its several guises:

the sour grass flower;

the yellow moth.

2

I would not confuse

the bogus

with the spurious.

The bogus

is a sore thumb

while the spurious

pours forth

as fish and circuses.

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