#AmericanWriters Brooklyn Rail, Rutgers University at teaches
It is said, the past sticks to the present like glue, that we are flies struggling to pull free
“When I am in my painting, I’m no… When aware of what I am in my pai… When I am my painting, I’m not aw… When what, what when, what of, whe… When painting, I am in what I’m d…
It does not do you like it Imperfect copy’s forgery Posts its vermillion decree These anointed mistakes Neither robust nor enticing
What can I do, I have dreamed of… What can I do, lost as I am in th… What can I do, now that all the doors and windows are open I will whisper this in your ear
The world weeps. There are no tea… To be found. It is deemed a mirac… The president appears on screens In villages and towns, in cities i… And jungles still affectionately c…
There are rooftops made of cloud remnants gathered by a trader dabbling in car parts and burlap At night, I dive onto the breeze
I used to be a plastic bottle I used to be scads of masticated w… I used to be epic spittle, aka sep… I used to be a pleasant colleague I used to be a radiant ingredient
It had to be from someone whose gr… not the city’s greatest citizens,… to make their small now eroded mar… It had to be from a distant or dis… who can sing praises unworthy of e…