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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Sharon Lin is a poet and essayist. Her work appears in Poetry, The New York Review of Books, DIAGRAM, The Kenyon Review, Sine Theta, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn (Lenapehoking).
Narrative Collapse
Yellow grass, park unkempt
city ruling. Slough of a weekend
deliverista en route, no Doordash
tip on time. Police go to church,
landlords fall in love. No one enforces
the joy of the rich. As if this could have been
by design. Unlearning religion, rationale,
head to the books, grinding out degrees.
The American dream is taken
by demand. Trust fund kids
party with plastic glasses in the rent-
controlled unit, praise the church, inner
goodness. Love thy neighbor. Ignore
texts from parents who don’t
understand, unanswered calls, inconvenient
friends. Shovel sand from Indonesia
to Singapore, Dubai, New York. Don’t
change routines, too much friction. Keep
what works. History doesn’t
obey the people’s demand. Follow
waves like a hurricane. Cyclical nature,
predictable control. No blueprint
to follow, no faith except what’s real. Chaos
is an opportunity, nations formed
and fallen apart. Old prophecies. Disinherit
the world, the new book is writing.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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All contents © the author.
