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December 4, 2019


   



The remainder of the cast fell off the stage

We were swaying in circles of dilemmas

Some misty intention had deranged the mares

Quickly in a frosty sea the talent of angels

Others quieted and untangled

The land stacked on land stacked on land

Such furry acceptance of fuel through the veins

In a commentary mellow and triad, fully wished

A container of penniless substance soaked in gas

Further cues how to live while dying

Cement in the veins (she said she said) the cat

Fruitfully lest the vacuum pump freeze

You see she knew, she knew the rain fell vociferously

The things you say along an island dismissal

A faculty of letters slip down the stairs

Scrape on the backs of knees

It was this and again this

(it had been screaming at you all this time)

Missions in figs and long dismissals

However the rotten remainder told the island

Because no one can hear till their ear drums nearly break

Further cues of plates, forks, cucumbers & stocks

Each would be sliced down the middle

Until a meaning derived

An entry into the epitome of ether

Determined by quantities of lead and eggs and underwear

A quotient factory please into dismissal

How laughing they admired the sun set that way

To foreclose the erasure of a temple along






October 15, 2018
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From Lines by Sarah Riggs, published May 2025 by Winter Editions. Copyright © 2025 by Sarah Riggs.


Sarah Riggs is the author of eight books of poetry in English, including: Pomme & Granite (2015), winner of the 1913 Poetry Prize, Eavesdrop (Chax, 2020), The Nerve Epistle (Roof Books, 2021), and Lines (Winter Editions, 2025). She has translated and co-translated seven books of contemporary French poetry into English, including Etel Adnan's TIME (Nightboat, 2019), recipient of the Griffin International Poetry Prize and the Best Translated Book Award in 2020. Riggs lives in Brooklyn, after many years in Paris.