No Second Eden: Poems

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N O S E C O N D E D E N p o e m s T U R N E R C A S S I T Y s wa l l o w p r e s s / o h i o u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s at h e n s You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701© 2002 by Turner Cassity Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved Swallow Press/Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ ™ 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 5 4 3 2 1 Initial appearances of some of these poems were in the following periodicals : Poetry: “The Metrist at the Operetta,” “The Dueling Scar,” “Manual vs. White Collar,” “Why Geriatrics Are Not Sacrificed,” “Watching the Stopwatch Stopping”; Georgia Review: “Stylization and Its Failures”; The Formalist: “Distant Early Warning”; Chattahoochee Review: “Oysters and Other Workers”; Lullwater Review: “Neckties”; Chicago Review: “Crime and Punishment”; Drastic Measures: “Boxcar Arthur and Other Myth,” “Boxcar Arthur, the Sequel”; Edge City Review: “Enola Gay Rights”; Southwest Review: “Venerations”; The Review (London): “Victory”; American Poetry Monthly: “Aurora Borealis of the Inner Eye,” “Sonar Readings.” Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cassity, Turner. No second Eden : poems / Turner Cassity. p. cm. isbn 0-8040-1050-1 (acid-free paper) — isbn 0-8040-1051-x (pbk. : acid-free paper) I. Title. ps3553.a8 n6 2002 811'.54—dc21 2002066918 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. I N M E M O R Y O F D O R O T H Y T U R N E R C A S S I T Y 1903–1999 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Self-knowledge speaks ill for people; it shows they are what they are, almost on purpose. —I. Compton-Burnett, Parents and Children You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...