Erin Klee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

poetry

2:12 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a

b

a

n

d

o

n

“it was not midnight.  it was not raining.”

 

 

 

 

 

idolatry

ignorance

 

 

how hard we tried

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vodka, cigarettes, vomit

submission

 

bachelor #4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

beneath the bridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hard frost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one-fourth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

demure

 

 

 

f

a

l

l

e

n

 

 

battles for baghdad

red wheelbarrow
(rural sunrise)

 

 

 

confess

americano

c
o

n

s

t

r

i

c

t

i

o

n

 

“the figure a poem makes”

 

 

 

 

la pesa de memoria
(the weight of memory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the staircase, beside eggshells