{"product_id":"the-cosmic-lost-and-found-an-anthology-of-missouri-poets-paperback","title":"The Cosmic Lost and Found: An Anthology of Missouri Poets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Ryberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Lost \u0026amp; Found\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there's a cosmic lost and found\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand you know where to find it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen you know where I'll be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheaped on top of a pile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof discarded whatevers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elost gloves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand scarves and hats\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean inexplicable bathrobe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea number of solo socks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour copy of the Tao te Ching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby Ursula le Guin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe necklace you stole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom your mother\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat reminded her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof your father\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe keys to the lock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon your glovebox\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut not whatever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis trapped in there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm sifting through both\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethings utterly forgotten and things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat plague you with the nagging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equestion of where you left them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI sit on an infinity of bobby pins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand rubber bands\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe frame containing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall but the senior year photos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof your son, even the one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere he wore the aubergine beret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere's your ring in the shape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a leaping horse Nicki lost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere's the leather belt you tooled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e grade shop class with the letters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eR O Y, for your grandfather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecentered between filigrees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon my lap is the white cat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat ran away one spring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho had white eyes and a fat belly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elying with his head on my knee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis your golden retriever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich your step-father sold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor killing the grass along the fence-line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere he ran and ran.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy bed is made of all the junk mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enever read and never missed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand notebooks lost with only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea few front pages filled with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe insecure marks of hesitant youth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esomewhere around here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis your first Danzig cassette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat Bob Dylan poster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the tape with your father's voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich you never did listen to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall the way through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecause it made you cry so hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere I am adrift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eamidst these oddments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe keeper of the left behind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe recorder of 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