My poem “The Body was Dragged Some Distance Before it was Abandoned” appears in Volume 5 of the American Journal of Poetry along with my poems “Until the Sea Above Us Closed Again,” “Black Gate,” and “Miracle Cure Kills Fifth Patient.” You can read them and much more by visiting the American Journal of Poetry. You’ll also find new work by William Logan, Linda Pastan, Ryan Wilson, Bob Hicok, Bruce Weigle, Barbara Hanby, Dorianne Laux, J.T. Barbarese, and many more.
The Body was Dragged Some Distance Before it was Abandoned
I read books that win pryezezzzz.
What books do you read?
I know a pryzzze-winner.
Do you know one?
The proof is in the pryzzze.
We’ve all agreed.
One day there will be priyezezzzz
for all! But until then . . .
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The use of “priyezezzzz” in your poem reminds me (perhaps erroneously; it’s been a while since I read it) of Mrs. Turpin’s use of “crow-ow-own” in Flannery O’Conner’s short story “Revelation.” Coincidental? Another provocative poem from the Hilbertian pen, and congratulations on the exposure for it!