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| JOANNA FUHRMAN from Color by Numbers (The Landscape Set) Autumn 2002 Rural Scene The deer droppings are here and the rooster’s memory of its birth is here too. They glisten, pink, as if they are adescribed in a dumb kid’s science report or a poem. In the corner, the moon removes its glow in the dark condom. Cowboys make the best presidents, the billboard declares. Not being a ghost myself, I believe it when I hear the color orange contains the chewed gum of only the happiest children Suburban Scene Two toddlers lick powdered candy by the aqua painted swimming pool. I wish I was one of those purple bikini ladies who read magazines about difficult sex positions while their children smash into each other in the wading pool. Instead, I am the number three around the white unpainted space above the head of the tall teenager who lingers on the ladder to the high dive. She’s thinking again about how it’s possible to think about not thinking. This blue may as well be the final arbiter of summer. You’d have to be a virgin to care where it ends. Joanna Fuhrman is the author of two books of poems: Freud in Brooklyn (Hanging Loose 2000), and Ugh Ugh Ocean (forthcoming, spring 2003). She is the Monday night readings coordinator for the Poetry Project at Saint Mark’s Church. |
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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs. Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn www.voxpop.net |
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OFF THE RAIL FALL 2005 at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza |
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The Independent Press Association-NY recently honored The Brooklyn Rail with the following awards: |