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from Alphaville





43


When xassafrassed
young zimmerwaldians

zoutch yeasty xeres
we vaqueros

unbridle the steeds.
Realpolitik quidnunc posses

only needle
maternity lounge karaoke jacuzzi infants.

Homebodies
google for

ebony doors,
concealing

bald
amphigorians.


44

Among blue
carnations

dandelions
edge first, growing

heavenward
in jest, keeping

leopard moths
nosing,

on
polder quillets.


Rose squirrels
tut

under vairish
weeds.


45

Xaviera yatters, zeugmas
zephyring, yexing

xyresic words, verbs,
utterings. That’s so

redolent, Quentin purrs, oléing,
no man’s land keeps 

junkyards interesting.
Harry’s grave face

eyes dinner—char
breton, appolonaire—

assassin bugs
clicks, divining

entropy from gunboat
hocus-pocus.


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peterjayshippy is the author of THIEVES' LATIN (University of Iowa Press).He teaches at Emerson College and lives in Jamaica Plain, MA Other Alphaville poems have appeared in Aught,Tarpaulin Sky Opus eratiopostmodernpoetry&.wordforword. Check out his book here:


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