almanac no. 8

august forged untenable the dropseed musks
the way in dizzied ends. leaven-spoiled matrimony
seeping hop down every stair. unsingable
lyre commands the rabid
genuflecting duck

   

almanac no. 10

consulted Local Murder wets their beaks
& crafting stratagem, conspire for the needle’s
eye. noteheaded cable overlords, the mockingbird sight-songs
into mutant overture. Hail, Hail, Betrayer Moon!
—capsize the bloodlet lattice mast.

   

almanac no. 11

grocery store girlfriends
lemon aisle shopping cart

tomato tomato
cheese of the week

   

almanac no. 12

opera fire, plate-warmed spit, routine exalt
my naked emperors of the phone.
a halved mirror treats me kindlier than bread.
Please Note: a single ice cube can do wonders
for the hands.

   

almanac no. 13

clearance gasoline a middling
entertainment state department sent.

apple butter swingers.
upstate garden spade
in vogue.

   

almanac no. 14

black comet on the lawn
& mawing wimbledon.

headlight tournament, somewhere
partyguests. cherry lit allée.

   

almanac no. 15

dark marbles.
Deaf Dog up the stairs.
—come here & rest
your fish leg.

   

almanac no. 17

long afterfact fish-eulogy,
egg drop soup with extra pulp.
malicious lunchtime nude.

   

almanac no. 18

chariot-exposure blue,
a negative lacuna.
easy-bake ephemera.

   

almanac no. 20

playing string chicken for the TV screen, kissies for
Most Precious Wart.

coffee table made possible, chaste,
& intertextual & by viewers just like you.

   

Elise Thi Tran is a writer and poet. She is the 2022 First Pages Prize winner and her work appears or is forthcoming in Apogee, Blackbird, Diode, Copper Nickel, The Kenyon Review, Salt Hill, and elsewhere.    LINKTREE   INSTA
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