Give up the brain Offer down its clumsy meditations its blurred face of fury its hellbound policies bugged into my throat Cough out that sickled attitude the ragged shelves downing my ankles every era of hibernation It's all in the performance the butcher operating on slabs of my identity the bereaved dissecting memories of an octopus Lift out far from of it Careen the elbows out of murk with wine taken by the midsummer full moon Constantly stoneward hunting toward heartstill Copyright © 2019 by Mai Der Vang. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on October 21, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. |
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