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Avuncular
New Taxidermy
capture its cosmic willingness
One Sparrow
its reflection: like a shooting
black star aimed for its place
Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes
of bliss; still holding out
for a bungalow
Fire Island
becomes a we
here—
Even in Wyoming
seeping, shapeless
In February
voluptuous, beckoning: Follow me.
Michael Montlack
Michael Montlack has published two poetry collections and edited the Lambda Finalist essay anthology My Diva: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them (University of Wisconsin Press). His work has appeared in Poetry Daily, Prairie Schooner, Cincinnati Review, Lit, Epoch, Alaska Quarterly Review, phoebe, and other magazines. His third poetry collection, Cosmic Idiot, will be published by Saturnalia in 2027. He lives in NYC and teaches poetry workshops at NYU and CUNY City College.
