Eileen R. Tabios
MMXXIX.
benefit
chimed unison
dwindling startled analysis
They do not know to be startled when adoption is presented as a benefit. Perhaps decades later—if they survive the ensuing years—when they stumble on a mirror that reflects the ghosts of blood ancestors, they will utterwhat they did not know to chime as children: This relationship begins with loss. If they become poets, they might add, “Redress” is not synonymous with “benefit.”
Ensuing years—oh, poetry is so not worth the dwindling …
Eileen R. Tabios has released 24 print, four electronic and 1 CD poetry collections; an art essay collection; a “collected novels” book; a poetry essay/interview anthology; and a short story collection. Her most recent release is THE AWAKENING: A Long Poem Triptych & A Poetics Fragment (theenk books, New York, 2013). She blogs at http://angelicpoker.blogspot.com; edits Galatea Resurrects, a popular poetry review journal at http://galatearesurrects.blogspot.com; and curates a number of online projects such as SitWithMoi, a mini-books on mini-chairs project at http://sitwithmoi.blogspot.com.
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MMXXIX.
benefit
chimed unison
dwindling startled analysis
They do not know to be startled when adoption is presented as a benefit. Perhaps decades later—if they survive the ensuing years—when they stumble on a mirror that reflects the ghosts of blood ancestors, they will utter
Ensuing years—oh, poetry is so not worth the dwindling …
Eileen R. Tabios has released 24 print, four electronic and 1 CD poetry collections; an art essay collection; a “collected novels” book; a poetry essay/interview anthology; and a short story collection. Her most recent release is THE AWAKENING: A Long Poem Triptych & A Poetics Fragment (theenk books, New York, 2013). She blogs at http://angelicpoker.blogspot.com; edits Galatea Resurrects, a popular poetry review journal at http://galatearesurrects.blogspot.com; and curates a number of online projects such as SitWithMoi, a mini-books on mini-chairs project at http://sitwithmoi.blogspot.com.
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