15 July 2008 | Vol. 8, No. 2
It Gets in the Way
Dear Jalapeno,
Dear Bullet—
The pretty girl
has terrible gas.
Dear Outlet,
Dear Honored Guest,
Mounded inside
in fits and starts.
Dear Plaque,
Dear Meatball,
Dear Attack—
Her backbone speaks
in switchbacks.
The squat buildings
aren't doing much but
ache in their trim.
Dear Rodent,
Dear Calves,
Dear Zodiac—
I've got the top down on time
and things
are flying out.
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 "It Gets in the Way" ran on July 15, 2008. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
