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Ben Kassoy<\/span><\/h1>\n

Control<\/span><\/h2>\n

Your hair as usual is
\nuntethered \/ freewheeling \/ fearless
\nand whispers into the water
\nas it sinks beyond the surface of the sea
\nand summons luminescent eels
\nto swim circles around
\nyour generous and tenacious body,<\/p>\n

and on my end it\u2019s Christmas morning
\nand I\u2019m alone in a log cabin
\nand I\u2019ve stuffed my stocking
\nwith the delusion of control,
\nlike making the bed
\nthree hundred times a day
\nlike I\u2019m running a love hotel for ghosts,
\nor like going to Vegas
\nand betting a million dollars
\nthat Hawaii will still be there tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\n

Ben Kassoy<\/strong><\/span> (he\/him) is a payphone that rings.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ben Kassoy Control Your hair as usual is untethered \/ freewheeling \/ fearless and whispers into the water as it sinks beyond the surface of the sea and summons luminescent eels to swim circles around your generous and tenacious body, and on my end it\u2019s Christmas morning and I\u2019m alone in a log cabin and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[692],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nBen Kassoy "Control" - 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