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the FRANK poems

the FRANK poems

FRANK
by CAConrad

(FORTHCOMING BOOK)

below you'll find poems included
in the book, as well as links to
online journals where other poems
from the book are included

(contact info: CAConrad13@AOL.com)

the author gratefully acknowledges the editors
of the following magazines and anthologies,
where these poems first appeared:

American Writing, Bern Porter International, Chiron Review,
Exquisite Corpse, Free Lunch, Iota, Joss, Mad Cow, No Restraints,
Oyster Boy Review, Range, Shrike, Snow Monkey, Strange Horizons

"well of course they're staring,
we're very interesting."
   ---my grandmother

           for my cosmic Other
           Elizabeth Kirwin

           and for fellow
           poets everywhere



it’s no hat!
it’s a marquee
on Frank’s
head

children gather to read
the flashing words

TRUST NO MAN
WHOSE AORTA
LEADS TO THE
PULSE OF
THE CAPITOL

“what does it
mean!? what does
it mean!?” they ask

he says “if you hold
the snake away
from its
skin

there are
handbags”



pig says to Frank
"this fence keeps you in your world"
Frank says to pig
"this fence keeps you in your world"
pig says to Frank
"this fence keeps you in your world"
Frank says to pig
"this fence keeps you in your world"
pig says to Frank
"this fence keeps you in your world"



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