Eileen Myles, Now in Totebag Form
By Harriet Staff, poetryfoundation.orgWhat is the world coming to? Great things? Maybe we’re just easy…but this is some decent marketing. An Eileen Myles totebag has just been released unto the world from Inferno’s O/R Books. “The bag was something I wanted beyond…
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My fear is faceless. It hides behind a perfect a façade, a mask of exhilaration and anticipation. But I am frozen. I all but accept my departure - I am leaving, bon voyage. At 9a.m. I pack my toothbrush, my scarf and dress, as I continue to mask my humanity. My nerves spill onto the dusty blue carpet, crawling closer to your navy shoes. It’ll be fine, you reassure me. But I already feel your absence welling in my throat, a big cotton ball, forcing me to suffocate. And I suffocate my fear.
The greatest being that ever lived!
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