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Vicious Mercy (Vermeer in Death Valley, 2020)
Leave Vermeer alone. When I write The girl is dying I do not mean to enter the girl nor deconstruct her state of abstract goingness.…
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‘When you speak of the Cunt put hair on it! Try to forget everything you learned in college.’
‘Advice to a Young Writer’ by Henry Miller All piffle & twaddle—influence of the Bottom Dog man.For real “decadents” read Huysmans & other French authors.Diarrhea…
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Thanksgiving Guilt
The days — likely the months — leading up to Thanksgiving 2020 have left a hazy tarnish on my ability to be present for my…
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The Blue Cherry Blossoms on The Blue Tree
‘Cherry Blossoms at Evening’ by William Carlos Williams In the prebirth of the eveningthe blue cherry blossoms on the blue treefrom this yellow, ended room—press…
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The Lady of the House Puts the Alarm Clock in a Drawer
‘Lightly, Very Lightly’ by Mary Ruefle It was raining. I could hear the raintaking the pins out of her mouth.Soft rain became hard rainso that…
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The Great American Rebrand
taos taupe on the meaningless wall an advert for the effortless lightning that fills one’s body 1960s if i had to guess masked up against…
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Stuck Tight Old Boy Stuck Tight
‘Safety Lock’ by Louis Aragon My wordHand caught in the doorStuck tight old boy stuck tightIn other wordsOrThe password pleaseMany thanksNow I hold the keyThe…
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Men in Hats Rise from the Ground
‘Five O’Clock’ by James Schuyler Men disport themselves.They help each other:“Reach in my chest and massage my heart.I am not dead.” If clouds are God’s…
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The Song of One Hundred Thousand Chemicals Approximating Sunshine
‘This is the Song of One Hundred Thousand’ by Ariana Reines This is the song of one hundredThousand chemicals approximating Sunshine in my hair. My…
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On One Leg (House Beautiful)
prokofiev cobham & darnielle circle one’scrown blue llama equilateral wingedwhat have we hereseen? a photo in a photo in a magazinemetaphor boils the potafter a…
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