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Intervals of flats and depths
are irregularly spaced
but their frequency is high enough
to cause vibrations, for shaking
the water bottle tilted to pour,
dislocating its contents
from mouth to pants,
now wet, with its presence passing
through fabric down to skin,
even as he raises his head
while colors shifted from green to red,
the car stopping in the intersection
like water on the leather seat.