Tipton Poetry Journal – Spring 2022
Difficulty Martha McCollough 1.
call it a slammed door a monotone hallway eye parched by implacable rhythms page: a thorny orchard we are secretive velvet draped over knobby scaffolding heart: a flattened supermarket rose what did you expect
2.
why did I seek you out your mental chess your complex equations your petulant endnotes one day I’ll be sorry but now you should stop talking
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