In the beginning was sea
salt in the Fertile Crescent,
was arsenic salt, sulfur,
mercury, was Sinox,
which begat Accent,
Scythe, Bullet, begat
Niagara, Revenge, Medal,
begat Dowicide, Suicide,
Aqua Vex, Command.
Begat Stinger, Brawl,
Roundup, and Lasso, begat
Pursuit, Rape, Prowl,
Goal Tender, and Torched.
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 24, Issue 6.
A Yonkers resident, Marion Brown holds a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Finishing Line Press published her chapbooks Tasted and The Morning After Summer. Her poem “In the Dock, Fagin Reflects” won First Prize in the Portico Poetry Competition. Her poems have appeared in Guesthouse, the Women’s Review of Books, Kestrel, The Night Heron Barks, DIAGRAM and elsewhere. She serves on the Advisory Committee of Slapering Hol Press and the National Council of Graywolf Press. Learn more at marionbrownpoet.com.
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