Deepfake Serenade by Chris Banks

Author:Chris Banks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry, Canadian
ISBN: 9780889714113
Publisher: Nightwood Editions
Published: 2021-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Footnotes

Smoking opium with hill tribes in northern Thailand,

interrogating ballerinas in famous Degas paintings,

never felt important enough to talk about until

my last breakdown. Depression is an unbreakable lease.1

Heaven is a pagoda filled with boring people

wearing silly hats. I’m trying to get to the source

of the matter. This has something to do with

the teacher’s edition, the answer key ripped out,

replaced with honeybees on an extinction list,

coral bleaching, migrant caravans, overdoses.

These footnotes I dedicate to my future self.2

I need a pep talk of small planets (though I am not

one for documentation). Read the appendix

to understand the appeal of Céline Dion, moths

in poems, mindfulness tapes, Camille Claudel’s

last thirty years in an insane asylum. Who am I kidding?

The fine print teaches you how to live,

until the front door comes crashing down,

until zip ties ensnare your wrists. When asked

your name, take the plea. Say Anonymous.3

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