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J A C K E T # 5 |
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Kate Lilley : four poems |
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Discovery Precision-timed explosions create acres of visual illusion. I was hoping to reproduce the mood of a brawl on the Champs Elysée. Weirder evidence surfaces, formal and somewhat see-through. I had no idea how complicated lingerie could be. The other woman's pubic hair is the sentimental favourite. Instead of making yourself a nuisance pass the finger food. You don't need an invitation to leave. You don't need a PhD. Finally quarto doesn't last a weak crush lingers like a festival of moss the clerk of all passports takes me round for a drink at a popular nightspot I hear the voice-over from the start of Dirty Dancing playing in the lounge and feel sedate sedated like one more krispy kreme would set me up for life if it's not one thing it's another if it's not your fault it's irrelevant either way keep it sober and sweet like some perpetual valentine I read your letter o'er again it says what it doesn't say for so long I've wanted you to be my pretty queen In the Sun request permission to shoot the diamonds, the disasters the scene is changing by the minute patio dining is a joke Paris clay is cruel no replays for you, nothing I'm going to leave you my coupons shock, disgust, you know the waxworks are pricey but worth it what at first I thought was your home was the garage and nothing special just a place to relax, make out the big house is strictly off-limits but the daughter climbs out the window and roams the grounds at night though the opening drags I stay awake enjoying the tidal wave of boredom and later fondling her elegant breasts genre grinds to a halt heedless of consequence Lady-in-waiting a batch of defective miniatures wet'n'dry shitloads of themed anthologies the going rate for scribal publication an imaginary critics' circle collates the known variants and picks up the tab when hospitality goes wrong the lodgings have no charm and no bar the mistress of cheap rooms is punctual to a fault topos of excessive suffering and detail patron of the afternoon in a tailored costume the conduct books have a word for it sprezzatura of the feminine vernacular Kate Lilley teaches at the University of Sydney, Australia. You can read her response to Bob Perelman's "The Marginalization of Poetry" in Jacket # 2, at http://jacketmagazine.com/02/lilley02.html |
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