Monthly Archives: January 2010
You Who I Love,
Who I do not love, Who I don’t not love. You who I stubbed my toe on, And toed the line for. You who I doted on, Devoted on, pined for. You who I seek, Who I see. You who … Continue reading
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I write your obituary for practice
I sign my name with a widow’s anguish, A dowager’s flourish, a dangerous ease. I donate your suits to charities. I ask a sympathetic priest for prayers. And send word to the office you won’t be in. Won’t ever come … Continue reading
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Use Somebody (Excerpt)
Am I only material for you to feel? Is that all you see when you look at me? -Robert Creeley Wendy woke up to find the room cold. And empty. She watched her fingers roam the swirls of blue and … Continue reading
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On the Pills
On the pills, you don’t get hungry. On the pills, whenever you dream you see your grandparents and every dead hamster you’ve ever owned. On the pills, you are everywhere, you are everybody, you are every woman. On the pills, … Continue reading
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EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
(poetry’s posthumous voice boils pacific) Have you ever seriously considered, Meditatively cud-chewed on gristle covered shank bone, What might happen if poetry ran its course, The last imaginative metaphor having been written, That fateful day when the sword Becomes mightier … Continue reading
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The United Virtues of Tina (Excerpt)
Ian also found himself fleeing from women who were a shade too self-reliant, too persistently capable. He had never, in his Kansas meanderings, met a woman with a wood shop in her garage; he had never met women who owned … Continue reading
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