Dear Marina
Love this Rumpus Late Nite interview with Beth Bachmann, which poses a lovely prompt--my response to which...
Dear Marina,
I tried this cleanse you know with simple foods
From my desk there is a view of woodpeckers
riding the bare tree / my bare body stood
in Brentwood during formative years
There was a hot tub in the woods
where Mercury spilled / It was an
experiment with food
is all, not really a diet
but it got me back in touch
with something internal
I would only try to detox
my memory bank
to end the yearning
for Brentwood / to end the yearning
for that feeling of forming
you get when you are thirteen