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Original poem reprinted online here:   "Memorial" by Sebastian Agudelo Originally read: November 1, 2013 More information about the Poet: Sebastian Agudelo This poem is kind of like a sound wave.  And motion expands, and then the silence brings it back down.  The question here is what expands and how far. The poem is mostly stream of consciousness with the opening part being "A damp season,"  Which seems big, but becomes bigger with the idea of "they'll seem like fungal spread on posts."  And what is they? " less posting, yard sale, lost cat, runaway"  it's the idea that expands off the single post.  Yes, the post has "cover the thick / of staples left"  But remember that the first image is of the season, then condensed down to the staples of the post, and then to the flyers.  All this is illusion since "they" hasn't been realized yet. "Lately, mind you, / a bit more desperate, more out of work, less / high te...