<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">MOON ABOVE THE LAW</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">what we</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">dress slow</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">what </span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">erases it</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">we may</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">know</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">each</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">on our own</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">companionship</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">acquainted</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">with</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">what costs</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">most</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">is no</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">longer</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">not at fault</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">like the moon</span><span style="font-family:Times-Roman"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">things happen</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma">only
once in</span></p>




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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"><b>Brian
Foley</b></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma"> is the author of the
chapbooks <i>The Constitution</i> (Horseless Press, 2011) & <i>The
Black Eye</i> (Brave Men Press, 2010). His poems have appeared or are
forthcoming in <i>Boston Review</i>, <i>Springgun</i>, <i>Action Yes</i>, <i>Saltgrass</i>, <i>Columbia Poetry
Journal</i>, <i>Poor Claudia</i>, & elsewhere. He curates the jubilat reading
series in Amherst, MA, and co-runs Brave Men Press.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none"><span style="font-family:Tahoma"><br></span></p>




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