A dead starfish on a beach 
He has five branches 
Representing the five senses 
Representing the jokes we did not tell each other 
Call the earth flat 
Call other people human  
But let this creature lie 
Flat upon our senses 
Like a love 
Prefigured in the sea 
That died. 
And went to water 
All the oceans 
Of emotion. All the oceans of emotion 
are full of such ffish 
Why  
Is this dead one of such importance?
Jack Spicer
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