DOUGLAS PICCINNINI

DATASPHERE

as if destruction
could rest

as if this assemblage of
consciousness

could snap
the neck of days

            *

letting go of
"letting go"

            *

this call summons the ambulance
that call summons the hearse
this call is a rehearsal
in advance of what comes first

ORNAMENTAL

a career

is to

SUNLIGHT ON A RIPPED OPEN ____________

what I don't know is
worth money

in viral meaning
private dreaming

*

two books, the weight of which
find use pressing a rose

*

today's graft of
coughed up
meaning on meaning
goes unnoticed

Douglas Piccinnini's work has appeared or is forthcoming with Afternoon Visitor, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Hot Pink Magazine, Lana Turner, Maiden Magazine, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Prelude. A chapbook, The Grave Itself, is just out from The Ethel Press and A Western Sky is forthcoming with Greying Ghost. Previously, Douglas is the author of Victoria (Bloof Books), Blood Oboe (Omnidawn) and Story Book: a novella (The Cultural Society).