from Alphaville
43
When xassafrassed
young zimmerwaldians
zoutch yeasty xeres
we vaqueros
unbridle the steeds.
Realpolitik quidnunc posses
only needle
maternity lounge karaoke jacuzzi infants.
Homebodies
google for
ebony doors,
concealing
bald
amphigorians.
44
Among blue
carnations
dandelions
edge first, growing
heavenward
in jest, keeping
leopard moths
nosing,
on
polder quillets.
Rose squirrels
tut
under vairish
weeds.
45
Xaviera yatters, zeugmas
zephyring, yexing
xyresic words, verbs,
utterings. That’s so
redolent, Quentin purrs, oléing,
no man’s land keeps
junkyards interesting.
Harry’s grave face
eyes dinner—char
breton, appolonaire—
assassin bugs
clicks, divining
entropy from gunboat
hocus-pocus.
peterjayshippy
is the author of
THIEVES' LATIN (University of Iowa Press).He teaches at Emerson College
and lives in Jamaica Plain, MA
Other Alphaville poems have appeared in Aught,Tarpaulin
Sky Opus
eratiopostmodernpoetry&.wordforword. Check
out his book here:
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