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Nicole Higgins

Étude

I have good bones but turn

all tilt and fascinator, flat

every fifth. Bird

nesting in my hair. Somewhere

 

there’s a saying about this.

C sharp, he says, or you’ll B flat

and I laugh as if the joke

makes sense. As if a holiday,

 

I set my embouchure

for a meditation (Relax

he says) but I don’t

know the procedure for un-

 

stitching lips so still—. In this case

of emergency I break

glass to cut my teeth

and breathing in

 

taste copper, taste copper

 

 

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