#Americans #Jews #Women
Here, at the end of the world, the flowers bleed as if they were hearts, the hearts ooze a darkness like india ink,
At dusk Demeter becomes afraid for baby Persephone lost in that hell which she herself created
On line at the supermarket waiting for the tally, the blue numerals tattooed on the white skins
The lover in these poems is me; the doctor, Love. He appears
center The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself. Not with a leather whip,
Because he dreams of seeding the w… his eyes bite She looks He looks away He is snow-blind from staring at her breasts
On the first night of the full moon, the primeval sack of ocean broke, & I gave birth to you
I want to understand the steep thi… that climbs ladders in your throat… I can’t make sense of you. Everywhere I look you’re there— a vast landmark, a volcano
Mute marriages: the ten-ton block of ice obstructing the throat, the heart, the red filter of the liver, the clogged life.
For David Karetsky (April 14, 19… Putting the skis down in the white snow, the wind singing, the blizzard of time
the sky sinks its blue teeth into the mountains. Rising on pure will (the lurch & lift-off, the sudden swing
You take me to the restaurant wher… plays God over a fish tank. The f… pace their green cage, waiting to… out of an element. Who knows what… There are thirteen in a tank meant
For Naomi Lazard Sometimes I can’t wait until I… —Naomi Lazard My friends are tired. The ones who are married are tired
Now, moving in, cartons on the flo… the radio playing to bare walls, picture hooks left stranded in the unsoiled squares where pain… and something reminding us
These beautifully grown men. Thes… Look at them looking! They’re overdrawn on all accounts… & they’ve missed (for the hundredth time) the expre…