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from The Domestic Sublime
from The Domestic Sublime - Chris Wallace-Crabbe
from The Domestic Sublime
THE SURFACE OF THINGS
Pleasantly rolling deodorant into an oxter
He thought of the shave ahead,
Whether to start in the upper left-hand corner
Or the slant of his jaw instead.
From the loose aggregate of these choices
A common life is made,
Fate no more than a thicket of brand-names
And the moment when you delayed.
Chris Wallace-Crabbe, used by permission of the author and publisher