“A piece of separate outstanding rushing
is so blind with open delicacy.”
from Tender Buttons, Gertrude Stein
we no longer keep the bowl
on the table instead harbor
what’s viscous nothing
like water running could it
be when you touch me the
blood flows unimpeded
between us eyes closed
no crime scene the birdlime
treats what tries to fly away if
I say softly give me sugar you do
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 25, Issue 1.
Karren LaLonde Alenier is author of eight poetry collections—including Looking for Divine Transportation (The Bunny and the Crocodile Press, 1999), winner, 2002 Towson University Prize for Literature; and in 2021 how we hold on (Broadstone Books). Her opera Gertrude Stein Invents a Jump Early On with William Banfield premiered in New York City in 2005 with a favorable review by The New York Times. She actively promotes contemporary literature through The Word Works. Visit https://www.alenier.com/
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