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Four Poems

Ian Fishman

Holly

 

O how I miss the dead 

Days I beat the washing machine with a golf club

When will I know who I am 

When I’m certain I will fax you 

Slowly, soon as I fall asleep beneath the burning orb

It’s all all over again again 

What to say to other kids on the bus 

What to do with hands 

It’s terrible 

Best

Holly

What if we are just squares someone drew in the dirt with a stick

What if what I don’t need is a beer gun 

As the minutes tock so closely ever 

Am I thinking of you 

Your chunky rabbit 

And your chunky rabbit’s boyfriend 

Talk to me about forcefields 

In a minute I’ll have to leave somewhere 

And we’ll be different people 

Yours

Holly 4

On the contrary a lava lamp 

Reminds of growing up 

What we looked for for forever

Really never has been real 

Everything’s a loan 

The questions even further than before

Dark dark. Blue snow 

Where do we go when we die

I hate this town 

Be well

Holly

It’s pretty nice 

Gertrude used to say of California

I took the whole machine apart

Stayed up all night 

Throwing things 

Waiting for the answer 

Wednesday then was Monday

Like how does that work 

I haven’t got a thing together

No one understands 

Respectfully

Ian Fishman is a poet from the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts.

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