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Uneat metal apple.
Unask question.
Unfollow directions.
Unlearn lesson.
Unload snake bullets.
Unclimb Tree of Death and Life.
Unfall into temptation.
Unbite.
Unchew barrel.
Untrigger.
Unleave Garden.
Unleave me behind.
Patrick T. Reardon is the author of fourteen books, including the poetry collections Requiem for David, Darkness on the Face of the Deep, The Lost Tribes and Let the Baby Sleep. His memoir in prose poems Puddin’: The Autobiography of a Baby was published by Third World Press with an introduction by Haki Madhubuti. It has been described by Mindbender Review of Books as “the most improbable and intriguing personal account by a writer published in 2022, but quite possibly the most ingeniously imagined memoir by any writer in any given year.” His poetry collection Salt of the Earth: Doubts and Faith was published in September by Kelsay Books.