Scaffold 28, 29, 30 by Joel Chace

owned                                          as much                                          as raised against

as much                            own                            ribcage as                            metal maze

the work                                          itself                                          the ugly fact—

new phrases see                                                                                                 and beautiful

hypotheses slay                                          (re)dream                                          become

this                           object                            climbable                            recalcitrant

as chompers                                          bones                                          confessionals  

and monkey bars                                                                            no more (landings) stuck

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tattered coat                                          flying                                            more than forlorn

fled                            as much as torn                            h(a)rp                            more

than ease                     call(ed)       --       er(r)                     perch                     and the wide  
    

smile (made of)           twist(ed)              (w)ires              (f)lips              kisses

and gin                                pitch(ings)                     tent                      risible trap

greatest mobile of please                                          please                                          please

beyond all                            all                            negotiations                            lacks

(be)longing’s                                                                                     backyard hive and map

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(in)specters                                      (a) life’s                                simulacra       --      

aerie                              tangle                              briar patch                   trellis

covered with collectible rain                                                             grained

refusals                                                                               with their lofty abacus

bone ladders                                         ribboned rags                                   of the heart

fluttering high-wire art                                                                                       laughter

in the (ending)                         rafters                          what is                              more

than like                                                    what is (likely)                             at the end

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