| More than her doped mouth, it is her unfocused gaze that convinces the researcher that his assistant isn’t listening. How is he to instruct her properly? |
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| The researcher is stroking his beard & the assistant is |
History
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Poetry
Minor League
He’s gorgeous, his brother—looks like Jared Leto.
In front of us the Grasshoppers
making quick work of the Ashville Tourists.
A row behind, Kathy’s friend Shannon—
hotdog in hand, oversized beer between the knees—
hungry for more about my brother.…
Fell & Spectacle
FELL
In August, the summer grew hips. We dipped
our tongues into scoops of ice cream round as
the moon. You dug up a dead tree in the garden
to make room for new growth. The deeper you dug,
the …
Headcase!
by which I mean, suitcase, by which I mean
my father, who is like a pancake
or a sugarless plane ticket:
Flat, such that the boarding
of him’s near-natural, all neutral,
shirt falling unheeded from neck to nip to
slender …
