Poem-A-Day: Off Lows, Weakness Remains: Meditation #3 by Susan Briante

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Off Lows, Weakness Remains:  Meditation #3 by Susan Briante In the PartyStore/PierOne/Target/Kohls parking lot find a desert willow among the shopping carts, walk around it sunwise repeating:         I am the avant-garde, I am the avant-garde, I am             the avant-garde repeating:         DIY, DIY, DIY Imagine a chart of median family incomes as big as     the parking lot-- use it to determine where to abandon your car.         I default, I default, I default Your mind is a blood blister rising on your thumb,     a ladybug. Among these shopping carts, you fortress. Among     plastic bags you affirm: Lo! the light from desert trees does not speak in     numbers, costs us nothing. Here, as in a butterfly garden, everyone crawls     before flight. Copyright © 2013 by Susan Briante. Used with permission of the author. Poetry by Briante Utopia Minus January 16, 2013 Susan Briante is the author of two collections of poetry, including Utopia Minus (Ahsahta Press, 2011). Related Poems for yam sir: elevated blues by Abraham Smith String Theory Sutra by Brenda Hillman what it means to be avant-garde [excerpt] by David Antin Poem-A-Day started as a National Poetry Month program in 2006, delivering daily poems from newly-published poetry titles.   Due to popular demand, Poem-A-Day became a year-round program in 2010, featuring original, never-before-published poems by contemporary poets on weekdays, and classic poems on weekends.   Browse the Poem-A-Day archive for selections since 2010.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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