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ASKEW_ON_A_VACATION
A_RED_FLASH_UN-BIRDS
OVER_A_VOLCANO.
MINIMAL_TECHNO_SOUNDTRACKS_OUR_UN-ICELANDIC_SLIDE
DOWN_THE_PATH_MARKED_BY_PAPER_LANTERNS_AND_VIRTUAL_TIN_CANS.
YOU_MEATDOVE_M’HANDS
AROUND_YOUR_SECONDPLACE_MEDALS.
WE_PRETEND_OUR_HOTEL
IS_YOUR_SUBURB_AND_BUILD
SMALL_FIRES_AROUND_THE_PERIMETER.
I_ATTACH_A_RED_MOUTH
TO_M’BRAIN_WHILE_IT_GASPS
UNDER_THE_SIDEWAYS_SWINGING_STARLIGHT.
IT_IS_SHAMEFUL_HOW_READILY_I_LET_YOU_CAVEMAN.
IT_IS_SHAMEFUL_HOW_READILY_I_LET_YOU_MAKE_ME_HALVE_M’SANE_SELF.
I_INCISOR_THREE_GOAT-THEMED
BITES_INTO_YOUR_LEFT_LEG.
YOU’LL_NEVER_LOVE_ME_ENOUGH
TO_CONFRONT_THIS_CENTRIFUGE.
AS_IT_HAPPENS_ALMOST_ANY_DROP_OF_YOUR_BODY_CAN_CAUSE_A_BABY
OR_A_DISEASE_TO_TREE_IN_ME. ON_THE_TENTH_ISLAND_IN_AS_MANY_DAYS
I_TRY_TO_NOMAD_BUT_THEN_I_REMEMBER
THAT_I’VE_F’GOTTEN_HOW
TO_SELF-APOTHECARIZE.
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REPORT
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YOU_DO_NOT_POISON_M’DRINKS
YOU_JUST_DOUBLE_THEM.
BOBBY_PIN_M’SPY_ACADEME_CERTIFICATION_TO_THE_CABFARE.
SEND_ME_HOME_TO_GET_HEADACHED_AND_CAT-LICKED.
I_DO_NOT_UNDERSTAND_M’ITERATIONS
I_JUST_REDDEN_UN-THERAPEUTICALLY.
REPEAT_HOW_I_AM_THE_EXCEPTION_IN_YOUR_GOLDEN_RULEBOOK_AGAIN?
HOW_IT’S_OKAY_FOR_ME_TO_HARBOR_ALTERNATING_HEARTS?
YOU_DO_NOT_CAUSE_MISERY
YOU_JUST_RE-ZERO_M’TIME.
WATCH_BOTH_WRISTS_AS_THEY_GET_FISHSICK_FROM_WAVING_G’BYE_NOW.
I_DO_NOT_TAXONOMY_YOUR_PERSONALITY
I_JUST_ASSUME_YOU_LIKE_ALL_THE_THINGS_I_LIKE.
IT’S_NOT_M’FAULT_YOU_WERE_BORN_SLATE-BLANK_AND_REMEDY-FREE.
IT’S_NOT_M’FAULT_YOU_DON’T_KEEP_A_CAPRICORN_CRAWLING
BEHIND_YOUR_FOREHEAD.
DON’T_KNOW_AND_NOTHING
ARE_THE_ONLY_ANSWERS
TO_THE_QUESTION
WHAT_ARE_YOU_THINKING_RIGHT_NOW?
WE_BLEEDTHRU_THE_RENAISSANCE
FAIRE_STRIKE. WE_SCAB_ACROSS
THE_SIX_FLAGS_OVER_VALENTINE’S.
MY_BODY_CRIES_UNCLE
WHILE_OUR_PATIENCE_WEARS_DIN.
LOVE_ME_OR_LEAVE_THIS_HEMISPHERE.
NEVER_COUNTER-
TEXTUALIZE_OUR_CUMULUS_AGAIN.
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FEEL-PROOFED_AND_FUCK-BONED
I_AM_NEVER_GOING_TO_BEG
FOR_YOUR_RATION-STINGE.
I_AM_NOT_AS_TRIGGER-ISH
AS_YOUR_OTHER_FLASH-HACKS.
MISS_ME_MORE_THAN_A_CAMEL’S_WEIGHT_IN_SPIT.
JUST_YOU_TRY_AND_WOO_THIS_DAMSELNUB.
JUST_YOU_TRY_AND_WOO_THIS_DEEP_RED_HOLE.
M’DICTATION_IS_THE_LYRIC-FUL_EQUIVALENT_OF_DUBSTEP:
THERMALIZED_FOR_THE_WORST_OF_THE_WESTSIDE.
YOU_DO_NOT_UNDERSTAND_HOW_RUSSIAN_I_BOTTOM.
QUIT_CALLING_ME_YOUR_BRIDEHIDE.
UGH_BOO_UGH QUIT_CALLING_ME_ANYTHING_AT_ALL.
I_HAVE_A_NICKNAME_I’VE_NEVER_TOLD_YOU.
I_HAVE_1/8TH_OF_YOUR_SON_TWISTING_M’MEDIAN.
WE_NEED_A_MEDICAL_INTERVENTION.
WE_NEED_HALF_THE_HOSES_BUT_QUICK.
SO_DO_NOT_ROVER_ON_OVER_WITH_SOME_FLOWERS.
IN_MARCH_I_TOLD_YOU_THAT_VIOLETS_ARE_MY_FAVORITE.
IT’S_NO_SECRET_THAT_I’M_BROOM-HEAVY.
CALL_ME_GOODY.
CALL_ME_SALEM.
STRAIGHT_AND_NARROW_JACKET_M’EVENING_ATTIRE.
SEXTON_THIS_BITCH_UP.
IT’S_ALREADY_EASTER
AND_I’M_STILL_YOUR_LITTLE_PROBLEM-
CAUSER.
IT’S_BARELY_SUMMER
AND_I’M_NOT_ANY_EASIER_TO_TRUST.
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Daniela Olszewska's most recent books are Citizen J, a collection of poems published by Artifice Books in 2013, and How To Feel Confident With Your Special Talents, a collection of flash fictions co-authored with Carol Guess and published by Black Lawrence Press this past summer.
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