Alamo Theory by Josh Bell

Author:Josh Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2016-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

Alamo Theory II

Night falling once like a bride

through a roof. Corpse candle

flicking down the marsh-path

and Page God wired into the verity.

Page God considering your mouth

to be American soil, so no matter

the country your mouth arrives in,

Page God shoving all the refugees

inside it. Alamo. Hetero. Halo,

won’t we get lonely here

with nothing left but the orgy

alive outside the mouthful? Apologies

to the inhabitants of the condo

next to my condo, for the falling

bride, for scheming on the same

gold as you, for all this terror, for

the imagination like a dentist’s

waiting area, and such pliable

teeth you once had, sighing like

anemone, Page God bleaching

his/her pubic hair, so that no one

better even recognize. Him or her:

it is not polite to query: it is going

to set me up in the tallest example

of the watchtowers. No one loves

a lone outpost like I can. No one

wants to see the horde, like I

want to see it, as it comes there

funneling through the valley, cross-

dressed in the hollowed-out

bodies of my fallen comrades. Am

I feeling righteous yet? Daylight,

lying on my back, with ratted-out

entrail, and how come the clouds,

and why feathered back across the sun

like the bangs of mythic swimsuit

models? Chaos theory, how we

loved you, your days of connection

visible, days that followed days,

and the rumor of Page God, like

a parasite glowing in the eye of

the snail, plus there even seemed

a consequence. Go ahead, overrun me,

all you cohesive beings. Gums,

cheek, tongue: there’s too much flesh

in the human mouth already.

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