Rae Armantrout

1947 / Vallejo, California / United States

Fact

Operation Phantom Fury.

* * *

The full force
of the will to live
is fixed
on the next
occasion:

someone
coming with a tray,

someone
calling a number.

* * *

Each material
fact
is a pose,

an answer
waiting to be chosen.

'Just so,' it says.

'Ask again!'
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