Pig Brain

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From the Archives: The Dog

How easily / I could imagine a version of our lives / in which he kept all his suffering secret from me. / I saw the beer on the counter.


A black and white photo of a young Asian woman with dark hair parted on one side. She smiles imperceptibly.

From the Archives: Becoming Ghost

He says: I want it to smell / like the real thing. // The real thing / is a landscape // of work and death–– / the names of our ancestors // slack in our mouths, / just the art of loving // your family line enough / to reproduce it.


Image shows a close up of several differently colored river pebbles scattered across a white linen cloth. Sunlight shines from one corner, illuminating the stones.

Ode

I wanted to stay forever in / that rocking place.