Eratio


 

 

 

Three Poems

 

Erik Fuhrer

 

 

 

 

[god is liquid in the tempest]

 

 

of carbon atoms that

         split

and chatter

         pattern upon

the sky that was just a stain of blood

 

toothbright inside

insight into the molecular spattern of light

grotesque aftersin

 

calculate the velocity

of all those bodies

that stagger so swiftly

to the tune of an openwide satisfied stutter to the stagger of

 

 

 

 

[simple toxins]

 

 

                              secreted by

         invertebrate skin cells

                                      matriculate in bloodurine

       your body

                           is hemmorageswing

 

temporary solution:

shut

                   your pores

      to the sound                         of wail belly

                                                                              scrub

                                      your lipcrossed

                 ligaments

                                                                   in the cicadic night

 

 

 

 

[an indication that there are not enough fracked fissures]

 

 

a whole mile of hole

                        will extend the life

                of an imaginary body

                                         a body

                                                  that’s scribbled

          with holes

                             without lungs

                             without breath

                             without body                                   a fraction

                                                 of the fissured frack

        a snap

                  in the weight

                                     of naphthalene

              a squatter of matter

                                         tipping the splatter

to the surface

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erik Fuhrer holds an MFA from the University of Notre Dame.  His work has appeared in BlazeVox, Dream Pop Press, Crab Fat Magazine, Noble/Gas Qrtrly, and various other venues.  He currently lives in Indiana with his wife. 

 

 


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