42opus
is an online magazine of the literary arts.
2 August 2008 | Vol. 8, No. 2
The Dog of History
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What's there
to tell
between
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My love
with your big bad eye
and blue-blind womb
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So what winter's late
Whose love's a late winter
the creek burned out and the dead
frogs echoing in the drainpipe
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Speak up:
your head's hung to know leavings
I am speaking up
*
Your snout slit: biolology miff muff myth
Up front: scent enter
Aside: the slag
So as they say about shall the twins meet
And say get yers from out my line
And a line goes one way forever
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My face was born like that
One thing I know about
history's the litter spitting up
About the author:
Mark Bilbrey teaches creative writing and composition at the University of Georgia, where he's a doctoral candidate in the English department. His studies focus on early American literature, modern American poetry, and a concept he calls "the poetics of prayer." He earned an MFA from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop and a BA from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Source:
http://42opus.com/v8n2/the-dog-of-history
