--because of Sandeeo Permar, Sylvia Plath, Dorothea Lasky, Sharon Olds, and too many we wanted to be mothers
this was supposed to be
but
not this silence:
yes, this was supposed to be
instead, a silence--
not a sign of warning
not a sign of breath
not a sign of anything
supposed to be
but
only silence
DO NOT IGNORE THE SUN
to not wake up
to not see the mansions made of skin
the root of bone
the splashes of gum disease across graffiti littered lawns
a flux of heat
blisters and blistered lips
tongues swollen into heavy shipyard knots
scurvy and bacteria laden lemonade
a sudden loss of oxygen
felt paper and cellophane
sweat and spit
an inability to scream
muscular turbulence
tendonitis
a loss of self confidence
brain waves thin as spider venom and the hollowing of a fly
Levidrome
(originally published in Moss Trill)
In the aftermath
of aftermaths
there came a man of math
who knew after-maths
shtam-retfa wenk oho
htam fo nam a emac ereht
shtamertfa fo
htamertfa eht ni
and so it went
dog begot god
god begat dog
looped pool-ed
level reap level pear
ton of (k)not(s)
was (a) saw
and so it is
htam retfa emac ohw
nam a saw ereht tub
htamertfa rehtona ton saw ereht
htamertfa eht fo gninrom eht ni
in the morning of the aftermath
there was not another aftermath
but there was a man
who came after math
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