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Pif Magazine
ISSN: 1094-2726
Published by:
Pif, LLC
PMB 248
4820 Yelm Hwy SE
Suite B
Lacey, WA 98503-4903
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It's like you got up late again and climb
inside your marriage. The starter throbs,
the doo-dad's shot. You've got to want to
get there like crazy and not care when you do.
It dawns on you, the dog in the distance
isn't Eternity's - it's Eternity Junior's.
He's scratching fleas, counts them wrong
each time. Start over. It's way
too hot plus you're fat. Start over.
But then you sit there like some slumped prophet,
smirking as you sweep your arm to prove
the promised land is there, across
the final hill. As we hump it out I knew
when I glanced back I'd see you humming, fixing
the broken fountain where we'd been
with you, drinking dirty water all along.
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Mark Conway's poetry has appeared in Boston Review,
Bathos Journal,The Cresset, BOMB and Agni.
He has been a fellow at Yaddo and holds an MFA from Bennington
College.
He is the poetry editor of Deadsnake Apotheosis.
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