1985 and Other Poems
by John Xavier
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A collection of poems with various repeating themes; notably the 80s, Eschatology, and Zen. Also includes parodies of Frost, Rimbaud, and Hemingway. 114 pages.
An eclectic collection of poems with various repeating themes; notably the 80s, Eschatology, and Zen. Also includes parodies of Frost, Rimbaud, and Hemingway. 114 pages.
Sample Poem
TAKEN APART
The sound of your going is like
Scissors on construction paper –
A sarcasm of the breath
Which broken lungs confess
No more will we hold our
X-rayed hands together –
Each of us will walk out of the morgue
Saying goodbye to the other’s corpse
As firewood gathered in winter
We will burn our memories –
Here the old growths of passions past
Falling to a single axe
Salmon filleted on the kitchen counter
Pried of spine from flesh –
Our romance and all its sea life
A delicacy to the knife
