VIOLENT PROGRESS
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Erica Anzalone
Erica Anzalone earned her BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College, where she studied under Bill Knott. Her work has appeared in Poetry Motel and The Emerson Review. By Erica Anzalone
Published on 10/31/2000
Never the midnight vibrates until a wine glass
breaks. The train twists
off track. Unslaked, mistaken claims
flash the cabin like a camera. The future maims
the now. A begins the alphabet's proletariat
is out of rage: the poets
have forgotten how to work. All aboard
the conductor swore we'd
lurch forward. Into what
hall of mirrors does this track split,
what toothless decadence yawns
over a suburban sprawl of manicured lawns?
We're checking in on the check out list.
Sign my alias' alias.
Copyright © Erica Anzalone, 2001. All Rights Reserved.
Never the midnight vibrates until a wine glass
breaks. The train twists
off track. Unslaked, mistaken claims
flash the cabin like a camera. The future maims
breaks. The train twists
off track. Unslaked, mistaken claims
flash the cabin like a camera. The future maims
Never the midnight vibrates until a wine glass
breaks. The train twists
off track. Unslaked, mistaken claims
flash the cabin like a camera. The future maims
the now. A begins the alphabet's proletariat
is out of rage: the poets
have forgotten how to work. All aboard
the conductor swore we'd
lurch forward. Into what
hall of mirrors does this track split,
what toothless decadence yawns
over a suburban sprawl of manicured lawns?
We're checking in on the check out list.
Sign my alias' alias.
Copyright © Erica Anzalone, 2001. All Rights Reserved.