The City She Was

For About Five Minutes in the Aughts

Copyright © 2011 by Carmen Giménez Smith. All rights reserved. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Department of English, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-9105. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Giménez Smith, Carmen, 1971The city she was : poems / Carmen Giménez Smith. p. cm. -- (The Mountain West poetry series) Includes bibliographical references. isbn 978-1-885635-19-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978-1-885635-23-5 (electronic) I. Title. ps3607.i45215c58 2011 811’.6--dc22 2011037729 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. 1 2 3 4 5 15 14 13 12 11 Publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. To Jack Bunting and Larisa Chapman ...