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Chris Crittenden

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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