Poets/A. F. Moritz

A. F. Moritz

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I wish we could control this revolting …

A. F. Moritz

Each living thing is like a kingdom …

A. F. Moritz

Never anymore in a wash of sweetness and awe …

A. F. Moritz

Stiff, thick: the white hair of the broad-faced father, …

A. F. Moritz

Uncle Johnny died after rigid years …

A. F. Moritz

Although it’s likely you’re on your own …

A. F. Moritz

Your parents had reached a long slow time, …

A. F. Moritz

You couples lying …

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Her hair back from the wide round face …

A. F. Moritz

We won’t pretend we’re not hungry for distinction …

A. F. Moritz

Child …

A. F. Moritz

He glanced around to check if the treacherous gods …

A. F. Moritz

Here comes the wise man in the story of sick times, …

A. F. Moritz

Highness, the former walls were helpless. They …

A. F. Moritz

The man was white, grey and pale brown, …

A. F. Moritz

She notes in the poem she's reading where the disembodied …

A. F. Moritz

About the age of twenty, when the first hairfall …

A. F. Moritz

At the table, at the grave not knowing …

A. F. Moritz

You that I loved all my life long, …

A. F. Moritz

Your idea of embracing horror …

A. F. Moritz

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