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The Difference Between Toggle Bolts & Molly ScrewsBruce CoveyIt's like the atlantic around here—jittery & Full of waves, a desperate need for a horizontal & vertical juxtaposition, a corner, a vantage point A start. And if that weren't enough, this device I found to fasten, without a clear understanding Of what in the hell needs fastening. Except, I do this: press gently through your center Nestling, mixing into your microcosmic control, Until its wings finally cross the cusp, detach, Unfold again on the opposite side, drawing me As close to you as relative density might allow, Clinging from the rear of your ribcage And imprinting according to this grid: Every minus to crease a plus, every plus To upend a many a minus. There's a message Nestled in between us like a traffic signal Composed of half a dozen buttons & a rook: "Declining to hear the city's solving tools, They, in a methodical approach to the construction Of peculiar fields & frames, dusting full force, yield Two outcomes, Phoenix on the left, trajectory From concept to completion on the other, Redirected to circles, one in my very backyard, The other spread along every sort of continent." The process of the phonologically sequenced paper, Or your physical form, a thirdness, where order The first, trace to follow up your spine & amidst Your hair an intended & immediate kiss Second & nonrepresentative because The moment this is, it is, and then one more Bruce Covey Read Bio Author Discusses Poems |
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