Rae Armantrout

Vallejo, California / United States

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Vallejo, California / United States

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

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In English
we place a noun
meaning fixed purpose
before our verbs
to create the future
tense.

Here, in the private life
my team invents,
I'm in a floodlit kitchen
like the set
of an old-time ad
for Tide

and I am chopping
something.

Isn't this the past
perfect?
Should I feel nostalgic?

This corn is highly
leveraged

and I'm wearing
a pink slip.
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Rae Armantrout

english pink Nostalgic

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Rae Armantrout

Vallejo, California / United States

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