The Sandy Men

Djinn

Rae Armantrout

Haunted, they say, believing

the soft, shifty

dunes are made up

of false promises.

Many believe

whatever happens

is the other half

of a conversation.

Many whisper

white lies

to the dead.

"The boys are doing really well."

Some think

nothing is so

until it has been witnessed.

They believe

the bits are iffy;

the forces that bind them,

absolute.

 





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