new poetry and poetics edited by brian kim stefans - Arras.net
new poetry and poetics edited by brian kim stefans - Arras.net
new poetry and poetics edited by brian kim stefans - Arras.net
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We all bend this way naturally in the wards of fashion. He had a neck fault.<br />
Cut water from the wind.<br />
Paste acquaintance onto cut-outs.<br />
SIMPLE IMPLEMENTS<br />
Hours in a room with a lamp <strong>and</strong> a tree outside. A bureau with a streak of tar on<br />
its varnish. Detail(s). Eiderdown. My hat on the bed.<br />
PIMENTO<br />
Pimento day.<br />
Man opens boot. White van w/ dent on right side. Second van, also white, w/<br />
back doors open, into which man piles leaves. Woman in cream jumper & blue<br />
sleeveless jacket hangs white cloth bag on railing outside school. Man in checked<br />
shirt & blue Jeans cycles past, one h<strong>and</strong> on h<strong>and</strong>lebars, one holding a pizza, on<br />
which he balances a polystyrene cup. It’s 3.30, cars line the road. Woman talks<br />
in French while friend unfolds pram. Cigarette in one h<strong>and</strong>, ba<strong>by</strong> in the other.<br />
Travis Perkins, Timber & Building Materials. White van #3. Still think, when it<br />
catches my eye, that hanging basket is a head.<br />
CHILDHOOD FUSES<br />
sticky h<strong>and</strong><br />
Still three white vans. One gone but replaced <strong>by</strong> another, different. Americano<br />
ice cream van pulls up. Red, white & blue. SLOW. Lollipop lady deals w/ traffic<br />
at other end of street.<br />
Opening doors, flashing indicator lights. White cloth bag has gone.
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