dear cadence

cadence lil here ‘sure mic 2 swing
ictus stress tones sense u ate
thump cadence ynot hellish live day
ynject groove trail redtape
patter can’nade devilstat
avise otide copy sprintup
pearltrump bitchoice finepip
exhaust bambooze desolate
right ~ on ~ over ~ falls ~ the ~ way
thump cadence some say beautys pain
oof lets ingend distressed bereft
brade a shakewhip grindfile
echo hammers
all ~ on ~ our ~ side ~ so ~ stay ~ no
thump cadence we live dying today
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virtual address at sunrise
(the city paper started becoming the beat in 2017)

pretty boy to loch raven

brook brown and rainbow trout bass and carp
rise shimmering to hatches in deep pools riffles and fast flows
of mayflies caddisflies midges stoneflies
nymphs pupa duns spinners
to grasshoppers beetles ants cicadas crickets inchworms moths
poor fliers swarms
shrimp scuds sowbugs crayfish
leeches
minnows bullheads sculpins
snails craneflies dragonflies damselflies
in eleven cubic feet per second of coldwater
through fields of corn and wheat
cathedrals of eastern hardwood and deposits of salt petre
tasters of our royal cup

lake montebello at sunrise
(in 1881 the city began consuming water from the gunpowder reserved at loch raven supplied to lake montebello on hillen and thirty-third streets)