James Juletid


blue shoal,
foetid beef
loaf
II
island
plantains
in salt
III
the elderly
busker
V
tunes inner
ear via sea
breeze
VI
and
colonial
white gloves
VII
fondle
auditory
meatus



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young limbs

from a dress

II

rumple lads' faces

into unimaginable

geometry

III

heaving strides on earth;

each breath

of skirt

IV

mirrored upon

their chests

V

the ancient loin stirrings

of yetis, sabretooths

VI

and soda fountain

loitering

young