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Poetry

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BLUE THREADS


The wires in the water have opened a window. Oh, we are the same
snow. They say, sense of space sense of space. And I watch the
miasma I was disappear.









WILD WINDOW


A dead wolf watched droplets of its deleted atoms retune. The little
auroras were dressed in tendrils, announcing a rare abyss.









MEMBRANE GARDEN


In the season of small tufts, wearing a blazing brain. In the audience
of the indivisible. A new species of saliva in the staggering waves. No
dirt. No other words.









THE HISTORY OF A STEM IS ANOTHER STEM


The groan in a piece of paper. The brain in a stone.









ORGANS OF THE CORMORANT


The eyes in a fawn. The fawns in a wolf. The paws in an acre of alfalfa.
The fear in a corn field. The absence in a goose. The loom in a worm.









CARRION DIARY


The snow embalmed a dismembering owl.









WILD WINDOW 2


I have always been a cowslip facing away.









THE LAKE IN A FROG


I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.
I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.
I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.
I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.
I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.
I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.
I can still see the lake in a frog. I can still see the lake in a frog.

Contributor

Eric Baus

Eric Baus is the author of How I Became a Hum (Octopus Books, 2019), The Tranquilized Tongue (City Lights, 2014) and other books. He teaches at Regis University and lives in Denver, Colorado.

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