Caroline Knox
“You can talk with them
and take them food, but
you can’t otherwise
join them,” according
to Legal at work. He
bought and brought
Dunkin and Progresso
to Occupy near the
office. If he could
have taken Occupy
to Legal Seafoods,
that’s what would
have been a
significant use
of real estate,
but at least
Dunkin is full of
caffeine and Progresso
full of potassium,
because of all that
tomato, Progresso
is also full of
sensible farina,
and Dunkin
is full of sugar.
“You can talk with them
and take them food, but
you can’t otherwise
join them,” according
to Legal at work. He
bought and brought
Dunkin and Progresso
to Occupy near the
office. If he could
have taken Occupy
to Legal Seafoods,
that’s what would
have been a
significant use
of real estate,
but at least
Dunkin is full of
caffeine and Progresso
full of potassium,
because of all that
tomato, Progresso
is also full of
sensible farina,
and Dunkin
is full of sugar.
Poem
Of milk, these persons make the butter until they have
what are cheeses when they’re at home;
of cheese, hors d’oeuvres of sandwich are manufactured
sandwich islands. The work-force custom subsume
draft cereal. Forasmuch as we
are not birdlike, we pig out, crikey,
put away comestibles big-time.
Now of festal song where I come from
inaccessible, we call it the Sangfroid,
venue most regal, velvet porte-cochères,
SATB separate sections, coherence, memorize
text, listen to every, glower at conductor,
impact procedure not yawning,
not singing without likewise mouths
full of notes, everybody in mode mode.
Of milk, these persons make the butter until they have
what are cheeses when they’re at home;
of cheese, hors d’oeuvres of sandwich are manufactured
sandwich islands. The work-force custom subsume
draft cereal. Forasmuch as we
are not birdlike, we pig out, crikey,
put away comestibles big-time.
Now of festal song where I come from
inaccessible, we call it the Sangfroid,
venue most regal, velvet porte-cochères,
SATB separate sections, coherence, memorize
text, listen to every, glower at conductor,
impact procedure not yawning,
not singing without likewise mouths
full of notes, everybody in mode mode.
Love Poem
A man brings a
woman a chop from
China, in his lap on
the plane: it is a
basalt seal and is
topped by a bird,
red-dotted eyes.
She says oh, oh I
love this grayish bird
his dotted eyes, the
striated feathers so
unlike the shiny base.
Oh, the chop prints
two ideograms:
I am Lark Crow
You’re Jay Wren
I guess we’re a rebus.
A man brings a
woman a chop from
China, in his lap on
the plane: it is a
basalt seal and is
topped by a bird,
red-dotted eyes.
She says oh, oh I
love this grayish bird
his dotted eyes, the
striated feathers so
unlike the shiny base.
Oh, the chop prints
two ideograms:
I am Lark Crow
You’re Jay Wren
I guess we’re a rebus.
Caroline Knox's eighth book, Flemish, appeared in April 2013 from Wave Books. She has new work in A Public Space, Coconut, and Tin House. An artist's book/chapbook has just been published by Jason Dodge at Fivehundred places (fivehundredplaces.com).
