What’s in cryostasis
should stay in cryostasis.
Do not core-sample the frozen alien.
If the landlord tells you
not to hang a mirror in that room,
do not hang a mirror in that room.
not to hang a mirror in that room,
do not hang a mirror in that room.
Do not jump off a train in the Carpathians
to investigate a castle ruin.
to investigate a castle ruin.
A stake through the heart
is only half of it.
is only half of it.
All flowers eat meat.
Put no faith in a sequel.
The ultimate monster is always the self.
From Solar Perplexus (Copper Canyon Press, 2019).
Read on . . .
“Changing Genres,” a poem by Dean Young