CONJUNCTIONS: A Web Exclusive
Rae Armantrout
Bubble Wrap
“Want to turn on CNN,
see if there’ve been any
disasters?”
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In the dream,you slip inside me.
Ponzi scheme; rhyme scheme.
The child wants his mother
to put her head
where his is, see
what he sees.
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In the dreaminside the dream,
our new roommates
are arguing:
“These are not
‘astro-turf’ calls,
and we’re all populists
now.”
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Now an engine’ssingle indrawn breath.
(The black hole
at the heart
of it
is taking it
all back.)
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An immigrantsells scorpions
of twisted electrical wire
in front of the Rite-Aid.
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