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All in All, Another Productive Day in the Thicket of Disappointment
My brain in a bramble, heart in a porcupine vest. & at the end of
the box, a pair of Red Fox Racers—hyperextended toes, dangling
chokecherries. Birds & bitter berries up there in the brain as well.
Of course, the heart is a “little brain.” Oxytocin & social cues. Not
just a simple pump. So, for instance, if the heart races, you will
feel anxious, & if you feel anxious, the heart will race. Antidotally,
tickle the heart three times a week. Tickle me. What a lovely old-
fashioned word. In my field, we say the show must go on—i.e., art
has a mission. Well, then a broken heart is a problem. 
All in All, Another Productive Day in the Thicket of
Disappointment
Somehow Myself Survived the
Night
The Woman Who Is to Be Sawn in Half
The Woman Who Is Sawn in Half Thinks about
Elephants: Marianne Moore Feeding Them Bread
at
the Circus & Houdini Who Made One Disappear (&
Was Not "Uncomfortably Popular" with
Them as
Was Miss Moore)