12 July 2008 | Vol. 8, No. 2
Imaginary Distance
Dear Jalapeno,
Dear Skeleton,
Dear Delight,
Dear Landslide—
This is the price
of a punch card
culture. Rip a few
mascots for the
bus ride over.
She chews it,
Dear Passerby.
Parentheses (anger).
We suffer,
Dear Spice,
Dear Faceless.
You took it
in your hands
and found you had nowhere
to put it down.
About the author:
Emily Kendal Frey lives in Portland, Oregon. Recent work is forthcoming from New York Quarterly, Spinning Jenny, and Knock. Collaborative work with Sarah Bartlett will appear in Portland Review, Bat City Review, and the horse less press anthology New Pony. Poems from Something Should Happen at Night Outside, a collaboration with Zachary Schomburg, will appear in Pilot, Sir! and Diode.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Emily Kendal Frey at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 8, No. 2, where "Imaginary Distance" ran on July 12, 2008. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
