from Prefab Eulogies

--David Wolach

1.

american
endocrine
system
filters in binary C++
slowed by
confessional poetry
fetish
scalpel
guided by

1) historical precedent or
2) armchair muhajadeen

2.

enter the kidney deeply & pick
predetermined
title at random
how no inside, whole no
outside no hole
home-a-rama makeshift other
clutter & chances are

historical precedent
will fortify the walls of our living

theater

3.
enter orbital
house
or if thresh-
old keeps
questions & visions
make do
& like-
wise find no-
thing approxi-
mating barthian
bliss why is it that poetry is
at best
dialysis?