Deed of release

By | 6 November 2026

The parties agree that ███████████████████████
occurring between █████████ and █████ at the ██████████████████
shall be referred to, if at all, as the matter.

The payment, made without admission,
compensates for ████████████████████
and for such future ████████ as may arise
from remembering in public.

I covenant not to disparage. I covenant
not to discuss, publish, hint, imply, confirm,
in any forum, format, or medium now existing
or yet to be invented, the ████████████
the █████████ the how it smelled the ████
the sound the door made the ██████████

The deed is governed by the laws of the state.
The state was not in the room. The room
is not a defined term. The room defines me.

I sign where the tab says sign here.
The ink is mine. The hand is mine.
The name is the one my mother gave me
and it goes on being mine after signature,
and the mouth is mine, and the nights are mine,
and clause after clause holds beautifully

except in dreams, which are not a forum,
except in poems, which are not a medium,
except at kitchen tables among women
where the matter, unreferred to, sits with us
drinking its tea, familiar as a sister,

because you cannot deed a bell unrung.
You bought the clapper. The bronze remembers.
Strike anywhere near me and I sound.

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