Joel Best
Fancy Week
M
with illogical hand trim our hair short
repeat the hours
the hours
at the center of the
whirled pin or chin the
pair of us
demonstrating that we are tinned
T
whistle upper right
pillow shabby
tally to the 4
past the lightning shaken
not tolerable this effigy village
denier of zero
W
in promise of ciphers
should we observe cirrus clouds
constructs dismantled
the years as corkscrew threads
7 beguiles 8
blue eye/green eye
wink
TH
walk to an abandoned well
the blind woman says
hello dearie
while embracing blooms
she obfuscates
she recites a sad and placid
noun
F
to the scarp hell-kulled and
spend life’s fortune
in a flare of purple sun
content in the moment
but meaning what
S
sorted and stored
up the flue hide in-tween
the haunted embers
fifty years ago the ocean
went dry
why did we crack
the ivory globe
SU
review renew reclaim
a peasant dream locked into place
against the kitchen wall
hands on head
our names are set in stone
take a bow
goodbye
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