Oubliette​

Porte D'entrée

 

Walter Brand

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K. Marvin Bruce

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Tony Conaway

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Chris Crittenden

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Mary Mitchell Freedley

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Gary Hewitt

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Craig Kurtz

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Dov Lieber

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Samantha Memi

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Alejandra Pizarnik

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Christopher Rosales

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Diego M. Sieiro

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Stephanie Smith

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Michael Tyler

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Chris Crittenden

Sprezzatura

 

rapier noses

over riposte smiles.

aegis teeth

and the lubricious fruit

of the tongue.

 

signposts in gestures.

each glance of skin

a switchback sidewalk flex.

 

what were coutures

except rondelets? what

did it mean for silks

to speak and slink, shift

 

the seams of curves, coffers,

infamies.  of parry. 

of seduce.  of compliant vice?

 

the gamut a quadrille

of zephyrous masquers;

drama-cinched plastics

strangled by poises:

 

hearts in a cage.

 

Longtime Friend of the Macabre, Chris Crittenden writes, teaches, and generally resides in Maine. Look for more of his work this month in

DM du Jour

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