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by Alexis Pope 1 when seen from the window color emits radiant shrub no window can hold the depth a home can provide stable flooring lights to flip when entered 2 at recess the game is played without supervision the words yelled through tiny mouths not understanding yet the definitions meaning holds in the body 3 debt snowball sounds like more fun than work but the work gets done of course it does the work holds the wrists undoing any attempt at shape 4 in the woods she stood with arms held out posed as orion a piece of golden fruit in pocket something shared which disappears within the home 4 some call it thoughtless flower wrinkled rose the stem sturdy beneath the head depends on who does the holding on whether it wants to be held 5 who is it owed the explanation of days to numbers timeline bouquets out beyond the deck something emailed returned back as invalid address  Alexis Pope is a queer poet and writer living in Ohio. Author of That Which Comes After (Big Lucks Books, 2018) and Soft Threat (2014), Pope has published four chapbooks, most recently Debt (Madhouse Press, 2017). More can be found at alexis-pope.com |