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.
 

Dysmorphexia

roughshod bastard teeters
a stale basket she felt
the prod rape paper cup
the morsel brass tacks
swallowed back hanging
by neck in closet by wardrobe
necking the walls of scraps
newspaper debris wicked
on the floor sweeping
cane from my pocket
concealed from closet
garments of exposed fashion
alleged legible leg stockings
snug on the pregnant calf
heavy petting in a pen surge
that slithers past a military call
perforce the future of story
the tall tale talent of recipe
off burnt kitchen shavings
tomorrow’s phantom stomach
digesting the throat of a
pinky’s curled over grope

 
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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