Re: Two Little Things

> Dale Houstman wrote:
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> Two Little Things
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> 1.
> 
> Night, a letter, only
> its sans serif peak encased
> in pale metallic threads
> wandered away
> upon a boat’s reflection
> full of anxious waiters
> and haloed suitcases stacked
> under the blue trees
> which are literary
> like varnished ropes.
> 
> 2.
> 
> Day, a bloodstain
> on the schoolgirl’s pigtail
> maybe it’s a violin
> embedded in a hand
> an ornamental nova
> or not
> a van full of roses
> bulging in a grocery bag
> or not



A Dale Houstman classic.

https://www.newpages.com/blog/books/book-reviews/a-dangerous-vacation-by-dale-houstman/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAT2N7hwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHpNk9W3YjQj84gh9i1ewGM4t-vNyU27ebSWFXDvcNo9a73wwNhdDm_fqXiTP_aem_K62y7AkciZSDkohdIhKGCQ

Dale Houstman"s new poetry chapbook reviewed ^^^


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