Postcard 1908: Death-Tropes of the Feminine
- Postcard 1908:Death-Tropes of the Feminine
Shall never forget the spreadwe didn’t have.
The facts arethere are nonein the assortmentbut what are reallymore attractivethan this sample:
large ones juicy ones
soft ones a specialty
We’re reading a long terrible novelThe Tunneland playing lotteryin hope of affordinga trip to the placewhere time and charactercross paths:
perhaps it’s the historical present,where Henry Jameshimself softens up and says
The proof is in the pudding.
instead of
The only measure ofexcellence is execution. [End Page 163]
At river’s edgethe last patch of Roman soldierhas frozen.Already, Unclespeaks of syruping.
Write and let us knowyou are not dead. [End Page 164]
Kathleen Winter’s book Nostalgia for the Criminal Past (Elixir Press) won the 2012 Antivenom Prize and 2013 Texas Institute of Letters Memorial Award. Her poems have been published by Tin House, New American Writing, American Letters & Commentary, New Republic, Volt, Drunken Boat, and Memorious. She teaches at San Fransisco State.
