Adam Deutsch
Episodes
In the premiere, the overnight:
all newspapers are goldfish in bags,
the record a carnival prizes.
There’s a fair erected on the fields.
Lives in grass swim in place.
A turntable in the sun warbling
the sound pressed in groove.
From center in the underwater
there’s cruelty of dissolve.
By midseason, our eyes pop,
stove burners finding ignition.
We soak in cozy minor character
drama. You’re okay, confined
in a break from commercials
the diorama in the dining room,
papier-mâché of your body, a bed
in the finale, a redemption arc
the whole audience privately wanted.
Adam Deutsch has work recently or forthcoming in Poetry International, Thrush, Juked, The Cossack Review, Ping Pong, and Typo, and has a chapbook called Carry On (Elegies). He teaches in the English Department at Grossmont College and is the publisher of Cooper Dillon Books. He lives in San Diego, CA. AdamDeutsch.com
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In the premiere, the overnight:
all newspapers are goldfish in bags,
the record a carnival prizes.
There’s a fair erected on the fields.
Lives in grass swim in place.
A turntable in the sun warbling
the sound pressed in groove.
From center in the underwater
there’s cruelty of dissolve.
By midseason, our eyes pop,
stove burners finding ignition.
We soak in cozy minor character
drama. You’re okay, confined
in a break from commercials
the diorama in the dining room,
papier-mâché of your body, a bed
in the finale, a redemption arc
the whole audience privately wanted.
Adam Deutsch has work recently or forthcoming in Poetry International, Thrush, Juked, The Cossack Review, Ping Pong, and Typo, and has a chapbook called Carry On (Elegies). He teaches in the English Department at Grossmont College and is the publisher of Cooper Dillon Books. He lives in San Diego, CA. AdamDeutsch.com
Return to July 2020 Edition