{"id":2461,"date":"2012-04-13T09:43:37","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2012-07-15T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T00:10:49","slug":"after-firing-the-shot-by-conley-lowrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/after-firing-the-shot-by-conley-lowrance\/","title":{"rendered":"After Firing the Shot by Conley Lowrance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AFTER FIRING THE SHOT
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0for Paul Verlaine<\/em><\/p>\n

The dirt beneath the stones is filthy & frantic.
\nThe branch cast on the ground sweats slowly in the grass.
\nStatic radiates from windows with a harsh hum
\nas cats howl\u2014celebrating my success.<\/p>\n

O Lucifer\u2014life here is so winding & cruel.
\nThese sounds in my ears no longer come from my lips.
\nBut I know what I\u2019ve done, with my skin dead & flaking.
\nI know what I\u2019ve done\u2014with my life so very young.<\/p>\n

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SILUETA
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 for Ana Mendieta<\/em><\/p>\n

I feel my body, displaced from every bone,
\ncarved into brick. I inhale carnation pigments
\nas they smear a halo around the figment
\nof my presence\u2014burning me further into stone.<\/p>\n

The brackish trace of exile starts to tinge
\nthe roof of my mouth\u2014its bitter dust incites
\n& warps the shape of my hips I\u2019ve set alight
\nas the embers eat towards my fingers\u2019 fringes.<\/p>\n

Within these displaced swamps, my silhouette glows
\nover thickets of quince\u2014& my flames caress
\nthe fruits\u2019 pulp to absorb melting Formica fumes.
\nMy outline smolders above grass\u2014& so slowly,
\nI watch my arms dance from my dripping chest
\nas it falls\u2014searing its way back to a foreign womb.<\/p>\n

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HUNGER
\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cWhen I write of hunger, I am really writing of love, and the hunger for it \u201d ~ MFK Fisher<\/em><\/p>\n

Undefined hands\u2014some calloused, others virginal\u2014
\nslink across my calves. Each set of lips entombs
\nthe contours of my knees\u2014searching for spices
\nthat fester in my cells, waiting to be consumed.<\/p>\n

As clammy palms press deep into my calves, I watch
\nthe veins released from each uncoiled ligament\u2014
\nthe skin flakes like white paint from a rusting pipe
\n& my thigh fades to your thigh\u2014dead, impotent<\/p>\n

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