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“Come and Die for Mr. Jensen”





if you are aster
you are a complicit star in the hot gas sense
to balk at the head of the purchase funnel
am a convulsion in the purchase funnel

AS TO ME IT COMES INTO MY SENSE

does it my settle like dust? dust? dust-dust no

the right mind is no other quality than that of shining

the goal is actually to get out of this state of realization

the children now are in the yard, wild and partially dressed
Mr. Jensen is going off like an alarm
Mr. Jensen’s fearing face curves down, he has a mouth he uses it
he uses it onscreen with reluctance
in fact we take this to be a memoir. in fact we take this to be a reconstruction of the
dialogue. it is: some bits

i’m sorry you said, i’ll get you to the dotted hardwood
what i think is so characteristic of this piece is that he is nonetheless telling the
story
as an older person
then an unnamed person
then as finally a sidekick person
and so the destination is revealed…

i did not enjoy gazing upon the alarm
nor the perfection flour
nor the congruent realization good remodel

oh, Emily this is your house this is Jeffrey’s house too
you put columns and a child in it, you remembered
the wallpaper
you removed the excess carpeting
from the stairs
you installed the woman’s voice
it says armed stay exit now





Kai Ihns is a poet and filmmaker based in Chicago. Her second book of poems, Of, is forthcoming with The Elephants in fall 2024.