Arsenic Lobster poetry journal |
Issue Thirty-six Winter 2014 |
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Forever Young: Ghost princesses of Blackhawk Island debut repurposed leggings Emilie Lindemann When Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) became pregnant after an affair with Louis Zukofsky, he encouraged her to have an abortion. The doctor who performed the abortion discovered that Niedecker had been carrying twins, and Niedecker named them “Lost” and “Found”. It’s better this way. Eternally 27-year-old twin guardians of Mama’s island, Lost checks out aging scholars in tweed jackets and hiking boots & Found cackles when men with beanies bow down to cabin, to Island, to mother. Sometimes they get bored and play pool in the back room of Patty Coughlin’s Pub after hours. They set the bar stools spinning just before sunrise, then sneak into the closed Kmart, loot leggings from damaged goods return bins, read broken-spined copies of Oprah’s book club choices between drags of cherry cigars. The sleepy smoke alarms listen with clogged ears. |
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