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 is the author of Airport (Blue Hour, 2009), The New Planet (Mindmade Books, 2010), and Frances (Poor Claudia, 2010). She lives in Portland Oregon.
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.
