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WIP: Saltian, Hell’s kitchen
From section 7, Dementia and Death, of Saltian
Hell’s kitchen
By Alice ShapiroHis accent reeks New York
that high-energy island
where a daily frenzied pace can kill
soot collects on window si Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Worst wars
From section 4, Soldier, of Saltian
Worst wars
By Alice ShapiroA cancerous child desired to be a soldier. Read More
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WIP: Saltian, First entrance
From section 1, Infancy, of Saltian
First entrance
By Alice ShapiroAnd a child behaved as the angels.
It was a dream where he was lifted skyward
and floated higher than her brilliant body. Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Sex
From section 2, Childhood, of Saltian
Sex
By Alice ShapiroA summer bungalow arouses secret lusts
as sunbeams peek through tattered curtains
and a three-year-old, crumpled under cotton covers
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WIP: Saltian, Denial
From section 5, The Justice, of Saltian
Denial
By Alice ShapiroWhen one has done most everything
that a childish mind desires–white-haired and haberdashered
the thread about to unravel
the Read More -
WIP: Saltian, End of the line
From section 1, Infancy, of Saltian
End of the line
By Alice ShapiroMother, whose womb I leave
to breathe
whose voice was marred
by the irony of lung disease,
I wish I had studied you. Read More -
WIP: Saltian, The transparency of a Spanish fly
From section 3, Desire, of Saltian
The transparency of a Spanish fly
By Alice ShapiroIn Acapulco
ten years after
a loosed marriage-bed
she sat alone at the edge
of a flowery-patterned sofa
reverie Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Moving on/Carey High School bleachers
These poems bridge the end of section 6, The Pantaloon, and section 7, Dementia and Death, of Saltian
Moving on
By Alice ShapiroBring on the aphorisms
the diet pills
drape the mirror darkly, in chi Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Corporate war zones
From section 4, Soldier, of Saltian
Corporate war zones
By Alice ShapiroOne desk quiet
an open book cradled between two
fatted, idle hands;
one desk pressured to fulfill
dull tasks
at high speeds, Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Sand and photographs
From section 6, The Pantaloon, of Saltian
Sand and photographs
By Alice ShapiroHis grown son’s photographs rested in my view. Read More