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Matthew Dunphy, from Millbrook, Ontario, is currently attending Wilfred Laurier University.

The Chemistry to Zeal

I have the chemistry to flow down river –

                                                we all do, for the right cent.

                            Formulas to stay the course

                                                to zeal

                                                to connect a 7-10 split

                                                and throw your sex onto others

                                                                  and have them heave theirs unto you.

            Maybe one to catalyze the smell of an alley in Taipei,

                                                                                                                     certainly

for a good night out

these things, savory savoir or otherwise

                                                           burke, redemption, anima: all are from

chemistry.

but is there a one to spark sagacity for our need?

                                            i say probably: in a chocolate bar somewhere, or an armchair.

You would have to ask the chemists.

Cessation of Existence

       What defines flow

    From coffin from womb

   am I a shell –

    a cloak shrouding neon

                    or am I

                  an oyster

                     devoid of pearl,

                     simply meat, drifting

                  between rock

                      and coral –

 no divinity but squall for the sun.

Apparition

Aspiration:

affliction

Attention:

affiliation.

Apprehension:

Americanization,

acquisition –

assimilation.