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he says 

let me show you how to speak
tongue lightly against 
the insides of teeth, curling 
pressing, peaking--

let me show you 
how to arch a back like a bow,  
sighing an arrow into night,

a night breathing into forests
forests burning into bones

let me show you how a man 

holds a flower with two fingers, 

takes it between his teeth, lips 

par ted --petals un furle d

he says 

let me show you how to tie an animal down
let me show you how to eat with your hands