Sueyeun Juliette Lee
n a t i o n a l w e a t h e r
where the nation meets the weather
the open toes are cold!
get a hundred nude bobby pins and
set them in a line,
sweet and swift, so temperate
oh lawrence in the shower
oh juliana in the well
oh peter in the armature
don’t forget my mail
and the country is a dividend
so weary all the time
this rabbit eats dandelions
we dragged home in our shoes’ treads
I told you watch the pennies
we set on the trolley tracks
I told you watch those miniatures!
their glass antlers, their sunny pinafores
mind that beeswax!
the sun is a pollution
the moon means scud, even
aphrodisiacs forswear us in Tennessee
answer with camphor,
beat out the nits in your hair
tell us oh tell us
how to quit!
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