American Journal by Tracy K Smith

Author:Tracy K Smith [Smith, Tracy K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781555978389
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2018-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

SOLMAZ SHARIF

FROM Personal Effects

Daily I sit

with the language

they’ve made

of our language

to NEUTRALIZE

the CAPABILITY of LOW DOLLAR VALUE ITEMS

like you.

You are what is referred to as

a “CASUALTY.” Unclear whether

from a CATALYTIC or FRONTAL ATTACK, unclear

the final time you were addressed

thou, beloved. It was for us a

CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

Just, DESTROYED.

DIED OF WOUND RECEIVED IN ACTION.

Yes, there was

EARLY WARNING.

You said you were especially scared

of mortar rounds.

In EXECUTION PLANNING, they weighed

the losses, the SUSTAINABILITY

and budgeted

for X number,

they budgeted for the phone call

to your mother and weighed that

against the amount saved in rations

and your taste for cigarettes

and the tea you poured your boys

and the tea you would’ve poured me

approaching Hello.

The change you collected in jars

jumping a bit

as the family learns to slam

the home’s various doors.

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