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straight to grandmother's house
by Dante Fuoco
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![i went into the wood / winds / all the forest kilns / i move / can’t find the moat / shun / let me let me / tour / it / i am tourist never sent / ree / yes mommy i’ll trans / port / the wine i’ll trans / mute / my holes into serve / is / all my holes love woods / woulds / past tense of / will i trans / pose / all my holes / let me be on / is / let me let me i was / [stop] i want that fell / on want i want that fell / in / i was born i was born i was / i was was was gram / her / i was born was burnt was bored was was / i grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr / was i boy / ant / was i / i was / [stop] i don’t know / if i am braid / or glare / a mouse / cleaved / my breast / bee / comes my breast / my cleavaged woulds took me / mommy / i wanted to be taken / mommy / i warbled inside / nana’s placenta swelled / she’ll never tell you / our re / leaf leaf trees / winter grows long / trees eat bark dark / inside it is velvet / beasted belly / mommy / inside you i soured / hours mommy i ate nana / she begged me to / [stop] mommy why give me food to carry / i am food you are food / mommy why aren’t you / hungry / why won’t you be eat / in like us ?](https://poets.org/sites/default/files/inline-images/Dante Fuoco - straight to grandmother%27s house.png)
