Mark Young, Two Poems

Mark Young

A line from Arthur Cravan

I'm back in the city for

the Pride parade; &

even though I despise

the bar scene I enjoy

the sense of provocation

that comes through

flaunting my—recourse

to resource—Hermès

three-chamber bag with

its open compartments

& a small organizer.

Flag this as inappro-

priate but choosing a

site filled with irony is

only one way to win

a Jason Jessee prize pack— 

there are other forums,

especially if you're a

sock puppet with many

different pseudonyms.

  
A line from Weldon Kees

Political news coverage

which is rich in plant

& nut oils has 50% less

sugar than sports cars

or prize-winning spaniels.

Was why the only sound-

track to his older brother's

puppet porn site was a

light dusting of chamber 

music punctuated by the

snap of rubber gloves. Bee-

keeping isn't for everyone.

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Mark Young has been publishing poetry for over fifty years. His work has been widely anthologized, & his essays & poetry translated into a number of languages. He is the author of more than twenty books, primarily poetry but also including speculative fiction & art history. He is the editor of the ezine Otoliths & lives on the Tropic of Capricorn in Australia.

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RECONFIGURATIONS: A Journal for Poetics & Poetry / Literature & Culture, http://reconfigurations.blogspot.com/, ISSN: 1938-3592, Volume 5 (2011): Disappearance