Published by Out of Stock | City rents are bloated. It’s shameful as hell. Why not sign a lease for this ogre’s lapel? Come live in my pocket; it’s spacious and clean, and my blazer’s lining’s a pleasing sateen. The thermostat’s stuck at 98.6 degrees, but no neighbors to deal with (not counting the fleas). Make… Continue reading Somerville classified listings: ogre’s pocket for rent (2 rotisserie bison or best offer)
Category: Poems
Cataloguing the source
Written for the Bates College 2008 Baccalureate Service | Somewhere a house has built itself. Elsewhere, potatoes come already-stuffed. Water, in its cycles, seems to have always been. Fish are inclined, unpracticed, to swim. People do not arrive like that. We have our bodies of course, and ids—but let’s not split hairs. The rest depends… Continue reading Cataloguing the source
Laura Burns 