#27 (Dedicated to Josh who was taught that Pope is totall...

#27 (Dedicated to Josh who was taught that Pope is totally uncool)

"I think she always nursed a small mad hope.
I'd finished recently my book on Pope."
-Nabokov

The clang of the dumpster this morning
and the stutter-flap of a hawk in wind
could as easily be the sound of a page turning.
Quelle difference! Pope was like a kid

because he built himself a playground
of shells and mirrors, and down he went
every morning, slap of the metal trap
of his mind banging shut behind him.

Underground there are n...