Mary Kasimor
location is everything before the land even spoke coherently
there is another place to go to carry it away a portable
current plugged in and boxed take me away
then down the tongue’s
curling current (speaks everything) acres of tom and
john
a budget manufactures bridges out of thin air
combustible intellect makes
them light up into seed keep the lily skin plants
hardy black top extends decisions pie under glass
a modicum of integrity
good neighbors build brick houses the family name ascending
the young trees
show thin veins old women sitting in their kitchens
guarding thin glass
long red fingernails are
so subtle
and so sharp do you speak
that way also?
The earth’s agitation
smells of rosebuds underground or a ghost
who steals thorns from your grandmother
when you fill your journal
with lists
(my) mother’s silver
an advertisement flawless skin
more lists between you and me
stick with meat and potatoes
did your childhood prepare you for this?
quit asking me questions
I’m hopeful I have a mcDonald
mansion I have a disposable life
I have two children like nursery rhymes
(I’ve decorated their rooms)
like nursery rhymes I’m the queen of
hearts
I’m a wild rose a natural habitat learning
to dwell
with breast cancer
my wild fire desires
with a bread recipe from my grandma
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