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Dan MacIsaacMarch 23, 2016
In dark matter,
the hot bolt of deer—
 
brambled rack,
coiled haunch,
stone spoor.
 
A great stag
bridled
barely,
 
its rider
long
thrown.
 
This trace
of breaking
from wild,
 
hint
of bit.
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