PROJECT REBUILD

PREVIOUS TENANTS

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enough failed attempts at beauty

to declare:

"un-

ique"

split-level sale-

sign res-

ponses force-fit quest-

ions,

mort-

gage-tailored, spec-

ific.

nu-

clear.

cur-

bed.

questions: how to fit? to family? to live on ear-

th?

and wh-

at not to afford?

(what not to afford?)

how to look like somew-

here?

he-

re?

somew-

here, grace

form-fit, front lawn

stucco sophist-

icate.

to be. to be.
a-

ll

those glittering glass

plates.

connoisseurs w-

ant sheets and sur-

faces,

woo-

d reminiscent of wood before the killing. a-

gain,

but this ti-

me

further east, w-

ith

fee-

lin-

g.

Joanne E. Valin

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