Zoe Canner
tell me I’m lying
swallow on
command
relax your
tongue on
the floor of
your mouth
hard to do
while reading
impossible to do
while typing
or while tying knots
in rows making a
hammock and decorative
macrame.
all of these tastes
and fashions
the macrame
the mason jars
the gingham
will be useful as
weapons in the
revolution
Zoe Canner is an angry, anti-racist, 3rd Generation Holocaust Survivor. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Naugatuck River Review, The Laurel Review, and Arcturus of the Chicago Review of Books. She is an alumna of CalArts, Directors Lab West, and The Home School. She lives in Los Angeles where she indulges in hilly walks at dusk when the night-blooming jasmine is at its peak fragrance.
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