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=**"Butterfly Legs"**= =**David Rickerd**=

//I am New York City// Jayne Cortez

i am new york city here is my brain of hot sauce my tobacco teeth my mattress of bedbug tongue legs aparthand on chin war on the roofinsults pointed fingerspushcarts my contraceptives all

look at my pelvis blushing

i am new york city of blood police and fried pies i rub my docks red with grenadine and jelly madness in a flow of tokay my huge skull of pigeons my seance of peeping toms my plaited ovaries excuse me this is my grime my thigh of steelspoons and toothpicks i imitate no one

i am new york city of the brown spit and soft tomatoes give me my confetti of flesh my marquee of false nipples my sideshow of open beaks in my nose of soot in my ox bled eyes in my ear of Saturday night specials

i eat ha ha hee hee and ho ho i am new york city never change never sleep never melt my shoes are incognito cadavers grow from my goatee look i sparkle with shit with wishbones my nickname is glue-me

take my face of stink bombs my star spangled banner of hot dogs take my beer can junta my reptilian ass of footprints and approach me through life approach me through death approach me through my widow's peak through my split ends my asthmatic laughapproach me through my wash rag half anklehalf elbow massage me with your camphor tears salute the patina and concrete of my rat tail wig face upface downpiss into the bite of our handshake

i am new york city my skillet-head friend my fat-bellied comrade citizens break wind with me

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