Arsenic Lobster
poetry journal |
Issue Seventeen Summer 2008 |
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mortality: a study Arlene Ang i. we begin with a fish market and ask ourselves about function. flies swarm the snappers on shaved ice and lift like dresses over the heads of passersby. ii. imagine a pet shop upside-down. the cockatoo takes a coin for its fanatic lover and sips margarita. we deconstruct the cage to return to the fire. iii. the 7:30 train explores christ's wounds. it clears the throat of a man waiting for his own vomit. he holds a spoon in one hand and his tongue in the other. iv. we take a cab to the war museum. we are running away from our body. if someone were to blow up the bridge, would the sensation of loss alter? v. a girl sits on the sidewalk sucking blood from her arm. we don't ask ourselves if she's hurt. we re-arrange the debris in the mail. this is our way of reversing time. |
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About Arlene Ang |