your friends say looks awful on you
has a hole in the soul where water leaks in and
is worn to match each curve something like TV
and the candidness of ands
Anaphora descending in a glass an Oban neat
and some candied yams and girlfriends
and a marching band and some sports fans
a black Camper from Paris we all cram into
it was easy to pick up and the stupid machine will get it
and it costs less too for two lovers horizontally
along the strand at two in the morn-
ing and it's time to work the vocal chords while they're still fresh
and bam a matador dancing w/ tonsillitis and the series of
furry balls swinging from his hat brim
and's catenation dandy damn and an IRA under a pile of
striped and argyle and polka dot socks two slate scarves
and a subsequent principle of closure we'll promptly loose
and anything w/ some crayons I hand you a paperweight
some water paints Sharpies lead and you represent
the broach the button and the pewter baby leg
reflecting candlelight on the night stand and
damn again how to make negative capably
as all these ands stand down just seep in
you'll miss the time when notions bend or ampersand
and this last meant to blanch an amorphous mass
evaporating at a glance a
leg reflecting cradle light
for your hand
Earlier version published in /Berkeley Poetry Review, Issue 37/
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