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The Lobster Considers
Because I am lobster I scuttle blankly in the dark. It is my favorite place. I see little to nothing, which given these two puny black beads wobbling willy-nilly on their small movable stalks should be no surprise.
“Accidental Landlady” & “Pest Control”
“ships of rats to the farthest parts of the world. Here / if you empty a space, something will live in it.”
Where All the Missing Items Are Mended: On “The Preposterous Week”
"I loved that, no matter where the characters went underground, they came out into the same space..I could see a double-paged spread showing a huge old fashioned attic — full of the different entry points. To me, the story said, whatever you think you know about the rules of life, forget it, ain’t necessarily true."
Evangelina Concepcion
Carlos couldn’t stop sobbing that night because the ringing in his ear was loud. You shared a bedroom with him, and you told him to be quiet but he bawled anyway, his mouth open and really gummy. His breath smelled of milk and garlic. “It’s in my ear, Lila. You want to listen?” You put your ear close to your brother’s and, of course, you heard nothing. You carried him over and let him sleep next to you even though it was a warm night.
Alice's Moth
As I watched small flitting creatures
appear again and again in the poems,
I was struck with a sudden desire to witness
some such small creatures in person.
Good Company for a Polyglot: On Pola Oloixarac’s “Dark Constellations”
Certain writers assault you with their intelligence, not as, or only as, a performance, but rather out of necessity: they simply cannot stop thinking. Humor has long been the balm of metacognition, laughter a scaffolding over the abyss.
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