Amy King Poems
- 1. The Spirit Is Near
Wrapped in personal pity, betrayer sphinx slinks
and eats; he privately shuffles our motivations.
I like the capability of my eyes, the way they
brighten the woman on the curb by the church.
... - 2. My Head On Fire, Dull But Glowing
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A miniature salamander rears
his tiny head in the halls
... - 3. I Too Am Chicken
An author thinks she knows more than
she does. She knows even less.
For example, someone else wrote this.
Thoughts approach in the shower;
... - 4. As If A Lantern In Love Led
Like you I have
forgotten everything
spoken so far,
I knew the dinosaurs
... - 5. A Final Note
There is a deliberate pleasure in watching
someone smoke cigarettes. Even the echo
of that sentence smells like a stolen observation
that the smoker is deeply, darkly thinking.
... - 6. A Domestic Film
This is the director's cut,
a traveling space in the folded crook
of your plotted hand like silver night
on a thousand platters spreading westward,
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