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DEMOCRACY OF SWOLLEN THINGS<br />
by Abi Pollokoff<br />
from the willow receiving / in doubt<br />
the roots below / to mistake the branch<br />
/ before the flower turns /<br />
i have been elected / electric i have<br />
been dealt a lectern / of hairshirts / /<br />
something to tell you / i have /<br />
been magnetized out of rushes / the / river /<br />
a hectic husband /<br />
i honeycombed into / two daisies / today,<br />
blushing / a fluorescent toad, tubular / a<br />
humbling tumble / ahem / ahem / i do not /<br />
mean to hide my laughter / here / a mile /<br />
after the sinew pulled / a perfect must / i<br />
do not love you but / i<br />
must taste your iris<br />
MEN AND MO<strong>THE</strong>RHOOD<br />
(NOTE TO MY ADOLESCENCE)<br />
The world<br />
is not flat<br />
as your chest<br />
it’s round<br />
like mother’s<br />
breasts<br />
men<br />
risk their necks<br />
to explore.<br />
by Geraldine Fernandez<br />
Perhaps<br />
every Eve<br />
in your family tree<br />
wears fire<br />
as navel ring<br />
and carries prophets in her belly<br />
but you should know<br />
you’ll never grow<br />
into a volcano<br />
or a whale-shark.<br />
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