I.
-after Paul Chan
There are things we lose
We meant to have lost
Like a first remove the
Strikeout of these letters
These bodies in wartime
We can not be them
Voting with our tongues and
Moreover our dollars doing
The things we wouldn't dare
Poetry what's left of
Poetry must be an indict-
ment of war and people's
Behavior during war and
Mainly the poet's behavior
During war because all
We have are words at
Our disposal and these
Bodies are not only
Disturbed they are not
Only blown to bits by
Language something feels
Us and this is not
Just a feeling this is
Not just an idea either.
II.
-for Dottie
Our care for women
My wife I have been
Thinking about the
Violence committed every-
day against women
There is a point
I believe at which
Every man can no
Longer tolerate being
A "man" can no
Longer tolerate oc-
cupying this calcified
Subject position under-
standing how women
Struggle everyday with
Violence one doesn't
Always intend to
Be Feminist but this
Feeling for the body
At risk of being
Harmed of being
Annihilated or hum-
iliated is Feminist
This feeling for
The excuses we make
Cowardly and cruel.
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