The Grave of the Great Alley of Clarity Cats is an anthology of poetry written by Mike Giardina, originally prepared as a thesis in creative writing, at the University of California, Davis. Please enjoy these experiments in abstract, postmodern poetry.
 

A step by boulder

In this town, the mountains are human–
violent neighbors forced into residence.

The rocks are subtle,
written by movement,
integrated by throwing relief
into a dusty pool.

I don’t want them to stop,
because I feel reckless
when there is no evidence
that catches me
strangling every
minute’s memory.

What would you do to me,
if you knew what I did
to the mountains to
enjoy their savage,
wrongful, gestures?

 
This poem originally appeared in The Grave of the Great Alley of Clarity Cats, an anthology of poetry written by Mike Giardina. The complete the anthology is available below:

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