rob mclennan<^>shrapnel
for derek beaulieu
the body, gives
out
: twinkle
a star a
wash
oh baby
the cut
: of jibness
glib
in the act
*
tailor delays
the free-fall/ hardest cut
complaint
a tree-trunk
axe
laden, heavy
*
gives
& takes away:
a tear
blood work done to sort the cells
an imitation of pleasure
of text on his/her lover’s abdomen
would we write this ?
*
conscript the lines
the draft, close the door
to incoming
against their own will
to testify against the fact
hard-ball is played
a tether on a stick
*
a limitless purse:
the day we entered, the two towers
of light
full-blossoming, & strange
a cut the artery
*
moreover & whatnot
a convict’s pleasure, hands
waving
the soundtrack of a city
Chicago
: poems
: band
: musical
is, where
he wanted to go
*
the figure, full
cut
an extension
identifying marks
a skin
a bone
these things edify our selves
a cold brutality
*
pen is less sharp
pencil
O
fatherless muse, bastard
eggs on the drive
*
out the bay
of windows
bone
things go
madness
jihad
on overdrive
*
slice the heart
thin
skin
outdoor
mayonnaise
into
*
the noise of Bluebeard
when you’re the one
would that be, a
chance at
in belonging,
would
*
not like anything left
reducedpanoptic
her medals in the glass case
same weight as a cookbook
03.12.05