Ryan Smith 

Velocity 

let the centrifuge 
sort it out. 

the maelstrom. 

baptism by 
ad-hoc tedium, 

but progress is progress, right? 

twirling like a delicate 
old thing - a musical figurine 
in a grandmother's house, lost 
until her death. 

found and auctioned. 

hospital linens soften. 

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