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.
 

Job

I find my mind `round olive trees–
around rain and women who read stories,
writing and rewriting.

The thing to note here: I am the ruler of my eyes.
The one thing that I can’t comment on:

Nobody can tell you.

The style of antlers, street sweepers… quite different:
New York City genetics
round and around
and round
and cold.

Do you feel better?

Painful reality is the… standing right here…
like a one morning show in front
of the janitors of the silent auction of
of the universe.

 
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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