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Small Senses

By Matthew Mahaney
Poetry•Vol. XXIX No. 3 (Winter 2016)

A static shadow
collapses.

The red fog of its sound
cups my ears in
a loving way, and an alphabet
reverses.

The vibration this releases
breeds a hive
and my tongue

recalls the wasp
a machine resembles.

Matthew Mahaney
Matthew Mahaney is the author of The Plural Space (Salò 2016), The Storm that Bears Your Name (The Cupboard 2015), and Your Attraction to Sharp Machines (BatCat 2013). He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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