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Cotton Block*

It’s the first avenue downtown    it’s a barbeque joint husking
the bend by the bridge    it’s a filling station    it’s white paint
flecking off brick    it’s a sidewalk paraded by    the girls
in white dresses grip crisp stems    it’s they are wearing it’s

standing on bales stacked    five high    it’s heavying bolls
blossom into spindle wheels    it’s unsung hands    it’s upping
branches like flags    it’s an empty grocery    it’s &