by Richard Siken
““Tell me, the poet says, the lie I need to feel safe, and tell me in your own voice, so I believe you. One more tale to stay alive.”
“Tell me, the poet says, the lie I need to feel safe, and tell me in your own voice, so I believe you. One more tale to stay alive.”
““You wanted to be cremated so we cremated you and you wanted an adventure so I ran and I knew you wouldn't catch me. You are a fever I am learning to live with, and everything is happening at the wrong end of a very long tunnel.”
“You wanted to be cremated so we cremated you and you wanted an adventure so I ran and I knew you wouldn't catch me. You are a fever I am learning to live with, and everything is happening at the wrong end of a very long tunnel.”
““I had four dreams in a row where you were burned, about to burn, or still on fire.”
“I had four dreams in a row where you were burned, about to burn, or still on fire.”
so good i bough a physical copy even though the entire thing is available online. so good my ex stole it from me.
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Yale University Press
Paperback
ISBN 10: 0300107897
ISBN 13: 9780300107890
