In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

I Sense a Second Heart We used gum to get out gum, grease to remove grease. With me this logic stuck— when quiet got too much I put in earplugs or hit the one I meant to clinch. I think my mother survived eternity by drowning in its length. Our sink was full of the eternity of water, and I would wash endlessly. Scum and skin dust heaped on sheets, mouth spume on our pillowcases. Water was drawn and drawn. Water quaffed the dust’s fine din. My househeart was—suffocating. I saw—the way to feel my heartbeat was to beat it— with pots and skillets, with umbrellas, with bullets— I killed my heart to feel it. Now I am one sodden bulk, one shot heart. Still I am—in our dark yard. Measurelessly aswim in the dark beside a small girl playing hopscotch. Her child thuds start the tide. They start the cannonade— 3 ...

Share