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Richard Tayson

Poetry

Summer 1994

Fever

By Richard Tayson

All morning I look at the upside-down fire escape veering into our apartment, the metal steps ascending to hell as you take the thermometer from my mouth then go out […]

Poetry

Summer 1994

Blood Test

By Richard Tayson

As the needle goes into my arm I think of the moment we first got into bed together: your body prone along mine, your shaved head against my ribs. I […]