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Ten Sixteen

Dr. Phil, Oprah, Judge Judy.

Advertising for a crumbling humanity.

Ten Fifteen

She awakens.

Chest thumping.

A warm hand cools the chills.

Ten Fourteen

Creeping from the sea.

Expanding in the sun.

Death begins.

Ten Thirteen

Thirteen — looking for love above and below — settled for zero.

Ten Twelve

Medea, hating her husband, murdered their children in his stead.