2 December 2004 | Vol. 4, No. 4
from Alphaville
9.
Japanese ice
hockey goalies
fizz eau
de cologne before
army ants.
Bracket creep
drains euros
from grave huckleberries
in Juba, Kansas
Licorice mist
nebulizes ornery
Praetorian quadrupeds.
Remember, swallow
the unnatural.
11.
Dance crimes
beguine!
An accessory before
curtain datum
eats forbidden grapes
(helps in jumping).
Kaffeeklatsch liberals
moo nous
outcaste principles.
Queer radicals
slouch toward
universal
vroom wares—
X-out your zesters!
About the author:
Peter Jay Shippy is the author of Thieves' Latin (University of Iowa Press) and Alphaville (BlazeVOX). He has new work forthcoming in the American Poetry Review, Exquisite Corpse, Fence, Octopus, and Verse, among others.
For further reading:
Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 4, No. 4, where "from Alphaville" ran on December 2, 2004. List other work with these same labels: poetry, abecedarian.
