Exercise 8 (12/4/00 AM)

By Catherine Wagner Catherine Wagner

Raise up your back like an insect on the face of the nation

He took Miss Mousie on his knee, O say

little mouse will you marry me?

Getting hair cut this morning illegally

I can’t afford it

Fourteen fifteen I depend on you and roiling unlap this morn

The mind refrigerated all night

Now to clarify the broth skim off the oil & swallow it is your oil

I must have it shorter so it grows longer in unison

A glory and stern grandeur, which men silently gazed on with wonder

and tears

Catherine Wagner, “Exercise 8 (12/4/00 AM)” from My New Job, published by Fence Books. Copyright © 2009 by Catherine Wagner. Reprinted by permission of Catherine Wagner.

Source: My New Job (Fence Books, 2009)

Exercise 8 (12/4/00 AM)

Exercise 8 (12/4/00 AM)

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