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[What, if not the derivative, will keep us warm?] Lyrics by Ben Lerner

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What, if not the derivative, will keep us warm? The tragic interchangeability of nouns?
The breastbone? Two vanguards sharing a bathroom?
When I first found the subjunctive, she was broke and butt-naked
Now she wants half. She wants her own set of keys
And bullets designed to expand on impact
A pamphlet of sparks? The National Book Award?
Meaning is a child of my third marriage. A marriage of convenience
A wartime marriage. We had plastic champagne flutes and no champagne
A staple instead of a ring. A dialectician in place of a priest
A butter substitute? Rogaine for women?
Consider the rain my resignation. I regret having founded Cubism
I regret the lines I broke by the eye
And the lines I broke by the breath
The hair around the vulva? Proust in translation? September 11th?
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Ben Lerner

Ben Lerner

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