42opus

is an online magazine of the literary arts.

9 July 2008 | Vol. 8, No. 2

Imaginary Greenhouse

Dear Jalapeno,

Dear Vagrant,

The trees are making

fools of themselves.

I'm making faces

at the greedy river.

The sky spits

at us in our tiny

white hats.

Dear Lawn,

Dear Miniature,

Dear Shuffle—

At least the dark

don't hide it.

Isn't that right,

Dear County Line?

We rub a place

in the canvas

and sit in it.

Dear Hands,

Such a beautiful

machine. It gleams.

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.

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