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Familiar Canids

in Poetry on March 16, 2015 February 5, 2020

In my dog brain I am easily loved or mauled. In my dog brain I sense I’m sealed inside something metal, air temperature rising. my I-ness keeps sloughing The subject’s position : kennel, wire door,…

Ronnie Wood And Rod Stewart Made Small Faces Into Faces

in Poetry on March 10, 2015 February 5, 2020

the caption reads Takes Pictures of Her S**t underneath the schoolteacher who wears a two-toned skirt and a pullover sweater with an appliqué of a Bichon Frisé the retired driving instructor Bertrand rarely discusses the…

Stance

in Poetry on February 27, 2015 February 5, 2020

The cell divided can eventually stand. Does anyone want a complete person beside them. Can anyone accept a magnitude. The exponent approaches platform. Does a deadlift. Bench press. Gavel gazing, up and down attention. Some…

Remains

in Poetry on February 25, 2015 February 5, 2020

What I’d like is to tell you the redemption story. The same shine as balloons: a remnant of white in the sullen pupils of the dead-in-life, and how those dead may be made new, if…

Blue Nude

in Poetry on February 16, 2015 February 5, 2020

after Matisse You have pencil-scarred knees, foot-soles. Bones and flesh round as worry-stone. If I took that right arch as if to rub clear the sweeping marks, you would press into my firm grip.