Selected Poems

THE DOOMSDAY STORE
David Chorlton

HALLUCINATION OF A HAND, OR POSTHUMOUS, ABSURD HOPE IN THE CHARITY OF THE NIGHT
Leopoldo María Panero
(translated by Arturo Mantecón)

THE PLAN OF A KISS
Leopoldo María Panero
(translated by Arturo Mantecón)

[THAT SUMMER I LIVED IN DARKNESS]
Lawrence Applebaum

BREAKFAST EGGS & BEER
Matthew Keuter

BOY KING
Emily Borgmann

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ISSUE NUMBER NINE

MATERIAL FABRICATIONS OF THE WOOLY BULLY

1

They sheared and carded       spun and dyed
and boiled it down        stuffed it in the mouths

of generals and pulled the fear-blind
over our orange-alerted eyes         swung
the nightly news like ritual incense 
feeding the fire its own smoke      and introducing

the luminous green moths we chased as children

2

down a trail of bullshit       inhaling talcum toxins
until we tripped        how dare a near-extinct

argumentative boor      appear on the horns of our dilemma

and put it to us-and-so that way        maligning the sleep-hung 
bats lurking at our hoedowns     and between urban crack-downs

I was his yes-sir girl       three bags full   
a gape-hole in my logic-frock       waving on the line                  
                

Kathy A. Peterson