from Rhizomic
1400----------1433
----------car sonorous roam
our copper thoughts recede------------------------------
in carved seer
----------for turn-about play----------
----------the rehearsal----------
----------we null stops in pancreatic splendor
----------where our shirts stand no bayou
and our drumlins seethe we
debate a fixed meal----------
the countertop----------the satchel pigment red
you bear (strange) weight in formulaic catastrophe
----------the rising nomenclature of decampment
depart < leave < flee
------------------------------here, disease warrants a new guise
perched, as it is, atop your bromine toxicity
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------------------------------I fast your brave reprieve
1441----------1445
primary catch-falls dot a weathered female landscape
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wend, base-like, beneath filth
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1446----------1451
farming totems------------------------------lurid
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------------------------------breathless individuals
----------interrupt roiling prurient dance
1452----------1455
----------------------------------------filter us rabid
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parochial----------------------------------------canteen
1456----------1463
----------------------------------------heed filth in regimented heels
----------------------------------------our boots play deer for headlights
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1463----------1464
bird-feel the mores of ornithology quays--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1465----------1473
we camp on communal shores
remove your clothes beseeched
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ocean wavering sound
wandering sinusoidal
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----------------------------------------herald the feral works of natural color
----------------------------------------halved eyes and lips
----------------------------------------the sun streaming
----------------------------------------through the intemperate dresses
----------------------------------------of improper girls
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1474----------1481
mock full battles----------------------------------------iridescent
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the man forthcoming
statuesque, sheathed
About the poet:
I received my MFA from Columbia University.
My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Opium, Juked, Word For/Word,
The Los Angeles Review, cold-drill, Ninth Letter and others.
