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One of the best books of poetry I’ve read in awhile.

I liked “Chime”

I liked “Unrequited” and Mother, if in a Museum”. I think.

Listen, all I’m saying’s that this poet’s got a weird thing for fists, and honestly? I’m not sure how I feel about that.

Hehe page 69

Yeah this ain’t it, chief

I think I liked “God Replies.” and “Holy”. I’m not confident though.

Thank God the urge to vomit went away :)

Well isn’t this just delightful?

It's been about 5 years now since I have this book and read most of the poems here. So basically, what I'm doing already is a rereading. Nonetheless, the poems still feel fresh and bite down hard. Verlee perfectly transforms stage poetry to page poetry.

she used gardening shears to open her last lover's chest
green smudges staining the rungs of each rib

started at his abdomen, face-first
tearing at the new meat, yank, chew, pull
a frightening scene, those long chords of intestine snaking
into her mouth, tendons swinging from her jowls

she slept for three days
woke craving a strawberry milkshake

It is unfair that every single page blows me away.

“I’ll just read this little book,” I said. “It’ll be an easy read,” I said. What the fuck.