Mary Kasimor
flamboyant words
the sad woman
stretched the horizon
and ghosts stumbled out
wearing themselves
automatically taking me
along to the other planets
to the part where i married the sun
when we gathered by the water
frying the air birds flew away
your poised unhappiness
missed your solutions
ended the tips of light
generous with managed words
with no one to eat the morning
and the wind hides in a beginning
of dirt
from the months of growth
cataloging the flamboyant words
if a beginning left you
in the ditch
roaming as you catch yourself
the cotton moved like cellophane
the movies gave us myths
and horses i gave you
bad news
of your bitter translations
blue and dingy
ghosts less
the small words
bruised the hollow space
we ate the flesh
the rooms stuffed me in
i wished you gone
dissecting those who slept
aware crickets held our hands
pondering blue and dingy
minimum road dreams
we are lost
the farmer’s wife lives death
delivered in corners
handing out blood
handing out the last
minutes choking
nightmare systems
i began on the southern dip of happiness
i began when day 10 dropped out of the air
i changed my clothes
exited sun and water
and fire fixing thoughts
straining my nervousness
changes with floating walls
dreams backing out
density after fingerprints
the blighted with speed rewards
your frustrated systems
your intimate self
repeats your lost bones
in the wind
burnt and spent growing
wind and spiders alive
in the heads of frustration
rescuing a nightmare
Mary Kasimor has been writing poetry for much of her life, and writing and revising (and what did I write?) are the most interesting parts of the processes. Her recent poetry collections include
portraits in time (Trainwreck Press 2020,
Disrobing Iris (above/ground press 2019)
Drink Me (BlazeVox Books 2019,
The Landfill Dancers (BlazeVox Books 2014),
Saint Pink (Moria Books 2015),
The Prometheus Collage (Locofo Press 2017),
Nature Store (Dancing Girl Press 2017). Her poetry has been published in Word For/Word, Touch the Donkey, Posit, Human Repair Kit, and Otoliths.
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