The Quotations of Bone by Norman Dubie

Author:Norman Dubie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2016-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

Homage to Sesshu (1420–1506)

for Mari

The tree is like fresh hives

on a woman’s breasts, after eating

a ripe black pomegranate.

The ink of two roofs

is the lifting wings

of three crows eating

from the burst sack

of rice and tiger worms.

The snow is snow.

The Aspirin Papers

for Sean

On the white lacquered radio from Manilla

something by Ravel that is so heavily illustrated

it has made you dizzy and nauseous. The tall villain

from the Kingdom has been shot through the eye

and your three-year-old daughter

paces before the muted hotel television

wringing her hands

and with half-breaths, murmuring,

“Oh, no, he must have had a mother. Poor man?

Oh, no!”

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