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Rae Armantrout
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The palm tree exposesa large number
of loose, carved spines
out of pleasure?
Boredom?
*
To start over
in the carved moment
is to take cover.
*
A solid short woman
in a pink wool suit
proceeds—
anxiously? doggedly?
alone
up a sidewalk
laid down for her.
(We don’t believe it.)
*
There are two kinds
of choices,
pirate sources say:
unconscious
and desperate.
© 2009, Rae Armantrout
From: Poetry, Vol. 194, No. 3, June
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
From: Poetry, Vol. 194, No. 3, June
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
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The palm tree exposesa large number
of loose, carved spines
out of pleasure?
Boredom?
*
To start over
in the carved moment
is to take cover.
*
A solid short woman
in a pink wool suit
proceeds—
anxiously? doggedly?
alone
up a sidewalk
laid down for her.
(We don’t believe it.)
*
There are two kinds
of choices,
pirate sources say:
unconscious
and desperate.
From: Poetry, Vol. 194, No. 3, June
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