Adjournments
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* Sonia Sarkar

It comes appropriately  
</br> Timing; immortals drift skyward  
</br> Fizzle above the fortuned fray  
</br> Spray fine antiseptic mist  
</br> On their unsuspecting wares  
</br> Scanners gulp outrageously  
</br> Taking whole rows of us with them  
</br> But at tiled feet we sit staring  
</br> Mannequined into bruised ways  
</br> Hanging by a hope or a prayer  
</br> See-through skeletons, lullabies to die by  
</br> *Hush, we’ll find you that final peace*  
</br> Starched linen pudding cup bravery scent  
</br> Nose perfectly proportioned  
</br> Hiding a finely deviated septum  
</br> Larger than blunder  
</br> Smaller than sundried tomato  
</br> Expands as necessary  
</br> Skin sand and ochred offerings  
</br> uv rays sunkissing plaster faces  
</br> Unable to inflict further damage  
</br> Anticipation of afterlife,  
</br> Like new car smell.  
</br>  

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## Footnotes

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