David Gardner

Dear
    after Hoa Nguyen

the ink. I have noted
you, in hues. are you,
unthinking, of naming
every



Dear
    after Hoa Nguyen

a simple vibe aside—
we whip the moon and
have you new. a tattoo
to follow.



Dear
    after Hoa Nguyen

oh you peacock—moving
in the surface, a back,
buckle, merely, to feel

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