Poems for Days 21 & 22 of the May 30/30 Challenge are up at Tupelo Press

moonlight

Insomniac’s Fugue

sleepless penitence sings the present inheritance
composed of feckless forebears & their victims
repeating measures in blood    an imperative surging
the body awake at night…

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2 thoughts on “Poems for Days 21 & 22 of the May 30/30 Challenge are up at Tupelo Press

  1. Your Detour should be accepted as the standard for Google Maps directions to the WH for the rest of the run of this bizarre reality show.

    For “Insomniac’s Fugue,” imagine that not just “I Love Lucy,” Gunsmoke,” Seinfeld” et al are on their way to distant stars, but that, in fact, every conversation heard here is also en route. What must the beings on the other end be thinking, as they fall asleep?

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