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I wanted to be a poet to validate my loss.

Aaron Shurin, Entre Ríos Books
A BENEFICENT LIGHT I wanted to be a poet to rectify the wrongs exemplified by me. My giant cowlick, like a whisk of meringue, my misshapen shoes and necrotic toe, the lies I told to break a date with you, oh the black black heart of me. Fiends in the parlor, vampires in the kitchen. I wanted to be a poet to make my bladder sing, and soften my chambered guilt. I wanted to steal the glamour from my honeyed wig and stand on the platform in front of the desperate hordes, raising my hand to raise their faces into a beneficent light — sold by me. I can't repair and I can't forget the indignities so I catch a measure that resembles a form and cast a spell on my verses to stupefy the populace. Rain sizzles. Ergonomics hobble the diligent faithful. I cry lumps of tears to mobilize sympathy. I wanted to be a poet to validate my loss. I wanted to feel how generosity feels and know the satisfaction of melodious speech or melodious text, and feel the surprise of a couplet's close and bow my head to the patrol of grammar and the glorious missile of syntax. Forgive me for extending my metaphor and using description to bolster commentary and commentary to shore up the nouns. I'm penetrated by language and screwed by my natural rhythm, what's to be done? I'm here to represent the real with my ass in the air … AARON SHURIN BLACK ROSES poems Deep red and black roses chapbook with gold lettering, published by Entre Rios Books
March 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM