Joel Chace

 

Scaffold #’s 5-8

solving ......................as much as ......... .............making

what the wind ..............................along night’s unwalled


corridors ..............................................prefers to riddle

and ......................(any) entry .............................will do


so .............. .................from dawn’s darkroom solution

theorem ... .......pipe........ sleeve......... bolt....... ... mask


(re)view ....... ........surface............. pledge themselves as

story fronting.............................................. story’s front



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same ......................for all .......................(the) sentence

just (a) word ......................one ................ .............only


whispered...... far..... above ......this .....threshing .....floor

call to mount .................................................dreadful air


swooning ...................upward .....................over planks

blood and grain .......straw... ......piss........ leather-flecks


(zero) zone ............................. ...............ascent oblique

while...... hooded...... hobbled ......dragged ....... s(p)ent



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delayed.................... more than...... .............. detached

tried ...........tried .......... truest ..........touched (for) them

dangling ... .. ...in........ the........ font........ of ...... ....(first)

weariness............................... ............. each higher step


(a) weight ...............less ..................corporal than whim

unterrored.......... towards......... phase ...... ....by phrase


motes....... notes........ figments....... grasping......... clefts

radiant ....................(forgathering) ................... ligatures



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center yielding (to) ............ .... ........ ....................another

gash ......... ....... ....encircled by ...............a newer wound


windings....... .... bents............. bevels............. (trip)wires

trebled......... to............ thoroughfare ............which gives


over .........................never..................... known til landed

on the toughened.................... looping..................(owned


and) earned.................... horizon .....................net(work)

labor .........nudging.......... whacks.......... sore ...........loss



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