Even the dark
unbolting, even the ducks
at the edge of the river, even the dock
at the sea’s wide corner, the job lot
of my horseless valley, even the night I thought
my luck had run out, when I
for Isa
My ears or a field of ears I lie on the couch and dream of low grasses my back a weak margin steered off course into an ocean so placental I barely recognize the form hear me …
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I am going to leave my trace history
that shiver of blood down the tunnel
of vein to someone probably a stranger
definitely not to the children
I’ve never had the truth
in the matter is something like
a riot
1.
My brother releases the ant and it makes a quick descent into a plastic bottle cap topped off with Elmer’s Glue. The ant struggles in the viscosity of it. It’s a test he’s designed, in the name of science, …
Read MoreOf all the things she will remember about Sabina, Kadogo will cherish her laughter most. How it started in the belly and slowly worked its way up her throat before bursting out of her full lips like a rejuvenated river, …
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Columbia, Missouri, 2011
ganged with bright, blue-fringed petals that grew
deeper into their lavender each dusk, each dusk I,
freshly off work and on foot, feet slip resistant and pants
khakied, used the little bushes as distraction,
OVER BLACK: A TRUE EVENT
EXT. PLANTATION – DAY & NIGHT
CUE MUSIC: A DUBSTEP REMIX OF “BEKTOUB ISMAK YA HABIBI,” FAIROUZ.
Three vulva-shaped spaceships hover above an otherwise-empty plantation. From the middle of each spaceship, a hatch opens, …
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After The Dream of the Red Chamber, Chapter Six
“Pao-yu Attempts the Sport of Cloud and Rain”
《븐楼梦》第六回 솔宝玉初桿云雨情
色 Salacity is a current of live breath. Forgive me ——
I’ve drawn every wind from your neck.
On does
