a-
ccumulations
of
us softening
,
braided in
through
the fine hog
furs
running in-
ward
our nipples to
milk
ducts of our hearts
where
love itself
as
a form of ideal milk
bounces
in
the tremors
of
the bad oats
re- wilded and
extracting
inebriat-
ions
from the violin
monks
emerged
from
dark cavities of white
hot
peppers scattered
fresh
in the gutters
after
microscopic parades
every
time evening
inclines
towards you
Ian U Lockaby is the the author of Defensible Space/if a crow— (Omnidawn, 2024), and A Seam of Electricity (Ghost Proposal, 2025). Recent work can be found in Fence, West Branch, Noir Sauna, Washington Square Review, Poetry Daily, etc. His translation of Mexican poet Diana Garza Islas was recently published by Carrion Bloom Books. He edits the online journal mercury firs and lives in New Orleans.
the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
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