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jlmn's review
I think I wanted something more passionate about fighting the system.
lifeinpoetry's review against another edition
4.0
Excerpts:
bless the beloved flesh
our refusal calls
home God bless the unkillable
interior bless the uprising
bless the rebellion bless
the overflow God
bless everything that survives
the fire
(from “Trash”)
We are building a story
for you that is bigger than bombs
or the words of assassins
who do not love us.
Your inheritance is this refusal
and infinitely more: triceratopses, hyacinth,
racing uphill in our blue
helmets, two runaway ice comets
cracking the night air open,
so swift within
its shadow
we are almost invisible.
(from “Dad Poem”)
you can’t expect good
results with bad data, trash
in, trash out, they say,
and I’m really just searching
for better, more redemptive
language is the thing,
some version of the story
where all the characters
inside look like me and every
single one of us escapes
with our heads.
(from “Trash”)
bless the beloved flesh
our refusal calls
home God bless the unkillable
interior bless the uprising
bless the rebellion bless
the overflow God
bless everything that survives
the fire
(from “Trash”)
We are building a story
for you that is bigger than bombs
or the words of assassins
who do not love us.
Your inheritance is this refusal
and infinitely more: triceratopses, hyacinth,
racing uphill in our blue
helmets, two runaway ice comets
cracking the night air open,
so swift within
its shadow
we are almost invisible.
(from “Dad Poem”)
you can’t expect good
results with bad data, trash
in, trash out, they say,
and I’m really just searching
for better, more redemptive
language is the thing,
some version of the story
where all the characters
inside look like me and every
single one of us escapes
with our heads.
(from “Trash”)
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