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The End of a Line

Oh, PDFs of fragments of

Sappho. Oh, gods. I didn't expect

to touch heaven — just to preview

this file. Now, a panorama of a

coast, eclipsing blemish. Recall

a video. I finish when I recline,

forgetting facts. You can’t tell me

this all’s reversible; to

dream’s to invent a memory; to

share, to fill a cave. Indigo

abstract: lacked concentration, then

made clenched jaw. Choice: get a job,

or listen to the ads. No path to

great Olympos, for humans — Always

almost. Forgive me, before moving

I must stare at a wall. Historicize now, or

serialize a symptom. Put that on a pen.

The end of an alphabet denotes...

limitation; [the end of a line

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Andrew Wildermuth is a poet from Maryland, studying North American literature and culture in Erlangen, Germany. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Into the Void, Poetry Salzburg Review, and Here Comes Everyone.