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Red Herring

from The Lam by noraa kaplan

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i sneak in a smell—
a smell of myself.
do a line off my finger,
a line of skin

twist my neck like a garlic knot
to sop up the sweat of my
shaved pits. who am i kidding?
they are unshaved. unshaved,
and unshowered. i smell

myself to see
if i’m still there.
to sense of self
to self-evidence
my body is my self, in a sense.

the good, the bad, and the fragrant.
the aromatic, autonomic nervous system.
i go with my gut
where my gut wants to go
for i’ve got a pungent hunch
about the great body autonomy caper

so sure, i’ll take a whiff
whether or not it passes the smell test
i’ll waft and wax and wane:
like the moon, i’m made of cheese.
my body throws me off the scent
but it’s the scene of the crime
so reflexively, i return to it

howling at the fucking moon
i go missing once a month.
i’ve stopped looking for my face
but when i find it i go crazy

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from The Lam, released July 12, 2020

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