Friday, August 12, 2016

Efi Hatzimanolis #176 Sample Yourself

a stand up 
resealable pouch
for lentils

a spiney
hedgehog thrown in for 
good measure

my previous poem 
in a panic room
disorder

2 comments:

  1. this is still so mysterious to me. I'm not getting the connection between lentils and hedgehogs but this is an interesting deconstruction of your previous

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    1. :) I'm shaking out the lentils, slowly, Michele - they cushion the hedgehog, keep him stable, protect his spine, and simultaneously polish, tumble, grind, polish, smooth the prickliness, spikiness - at a cost, of course. For Greeks, lentils are a fasting food, frequently eaten during lent. Spiritual food connected to self sacrifice, martyrdom. All tumbled together in the body of a quadriplegic son, and brother.

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