the only forward movement

when the daisy cutter was
assembled/invented
the military must have had a poet in residence
perhaps similar to laurie anderson’s stint at NASA
_______

in a 15 student class
stuck like a record skip
the only forward movement comes after
i assert that whore is a derogatory word for a
sex worker
so when the word midget arises
i’ve already warmed up my batting muscles and
knock it out into the stands
_______

when don mee choi says
empire arrived before me
i imagine a train pulling into the station

_______

in the second classroom live video chat this week
román luján talks to us about many things
one of them being questions
how they are half-statements
how they have already completed at least half of the answerer’s response

Advertisement