Brendan Lorber, p.2
30 BEARS IN 30 PARKAS
for me on my 30th birthday
My birthday present is the pleasure
of duress I talk strangers into watch
my things a minute & be fresh
out of body with undeserved trust
The wrong words to the wrong song
give you belongings to gather in the back
of your mouth A flair for the molar
responsibility of Someone’s sitting there
In 30 years my custodial gift
the punier the better The gift of
lending me $2 is reason enough to live
Eye on my bag The bare minimum
The blue green algae of projects The simplicity:
You have my torn bag I’m in the john
& yr alive I’m on the phone so you must
keep breathing & other gifts given to me
Eddie’s new home with plugs A watch
of Spanish pockets No good luck calls
from 18 only contemporary email
inbox amilking Afterschool self-destruction
Incendiary footstools Deep fried endive
The triumph of cow When thirty sinks in
what does it sink in? You don’t need Paddington
to know which way the wind’s blowing
for me on my 30th birthday
My birthday present is the pleasure
of duress I talk strangers into watch
my things a minute & be fresh
out of body with undeserved trust
The wrong words to the wrong song
give you belongings to gather in the back
of your mouth A flair for the molar
responsibility of Someone’s sitting there
In 30 years my custodial gift
the punier the better The gift of
lending me $2 is reason enough to live
Eye on my bag The bare minimum
The blue green algae of projects The simplicity:
You have my torn bag I’m in the john
& yr alive I’m on the phone so you must
keep breathing & other gifts given to me
Eddie’s new home with plugs A watch
of Spanish pockets No good luck calls
from 18 only contemporary email
inbox amilking Afterschool self-destruction
Incendiary footstools Deep fried endive
The triumph of cow When thirty sinks in
what does it sink in? You don’t need Paddington
to know which way the wind’s blowing