Heart Beat
–Frank Bidartear early tuned to hear beneath the call to end
eating flesh, sentient suffering beings (creaturesbred now for slaughter will
then never be bred) less life less life tuned to hearstill the vow solemn and implacable I made as a kidwalking a sidewalk in Bakersfield
never to have a child, condemn a creature
to this hell as the prisonerchorus in wonder is released into the sun, ear early tuned to hear
beneath the melody the ground-bass less life less life
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