17. Poetry by Jerome Berglund
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Art by Paulo Sayeg | Brasil
Mesopotamia
[a scifaiku sequence]
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farmers market
— a melon
with tentacles!
Art by Paulo Sayeg | Orumila
opens
on a corpse . . . even
redemption story
trampled grass
past the ghosts
of lions
many lights
in a fog, and a
hospital gown
shaky cam
assembling the
found footage
doctor
the monster after all
updating texts
straining
against harpoons
won’t succumb
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in black
moving furniture through the dark
mission control
Art by Paulo Sayeg | Eruanoturno
exotic vegetation
amidst disorder
bright explosions
steps closed
mother hen
leads them through