new from above/ground press: LIMPING TO THE BIG BAD, by Beth Ayer

LIMPING TO THE BIG BAD
Beth Ayer
$5

Conversation with a Saber-tooth Tiger   

As I consider the ratio of immune function
And kindness, a man in a tank top
Knits a scarf in a coffee shop
In Northumberland in November.
In another place they are
Hooking electrodes to couples
Measuring sweat and memories
Negative communication
And its reverberations.
Veterans are walking down this street
With medals and some real flags
And some souvenir flags and a small
Dog. One cub scout waves at the sidewalk
A man makes a record with his iPhone
Only during a parade do you wave
At cars driving down the street,
But maybe every day
We should be like, Holy shit a car.

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
July 2018
celebrating twenty-five years of above/ground press
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

front cover artwork and design by Erin Susan Murphy:
https://www.erinsusanmurphy.com/

Beth Ayer is a poet and editor. You can read her poems in Apartment Poetry, Divine Magnet, Jubilat, Dusie, Ocean State Review, and Sixth Finch. She lives in Easthampton MA.

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