odessa | poems by patricia kirkpatrick

7/31/2019 Odessa | Poems by Patricia Kirkpatrick

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Odessa

p o em s

P a t r i c i a K i r K P a t r i c K

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Tis is the ight utum, t the ight spig.

Te ight utum:you will not be spared.

Te sgs hve hged; the uspekbe

hs eteed them. . . .

Te sgs hve hged, but e the e sti quite beutiu.

Te hve bee etted i sme spe, the spe the mid.

louise gluck, Averno


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3

n e a r o d e s s a

Ne the ed summe.

Wheted with k. With swi,

gspu, d spw. I see the bids

peig tis d wigs

bve gsses

d hidde ests.

Sbes with bes, ewig, gee

tsses , geese

gi d gi.

I see the bids

but wid tkes the sud.

Sm tws e edued t his stets,

bded-up.

Amst t the ive ed ke, g stes wte,

dmmed, white-pped, hige

betwee sttes.

Sme eds e s gd the seem t be sigig.

Te gd eds ie dw, t but t empt,

d wi be hvested te with bdes.

Ne Odess

I me t pe whee the ed is begiig.

Whee the ight is bsute, it ises.


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4

o d e s s a

or JS

I dve thugh Sed Het d Mtevide,

ve the Chippew Rive, the w t Mdis.

Whe I stpped, wked it gss

buestem, wid se, mh

I ws id t st. Bids I udt ideti

might hve bee bbiks,

-beedig pumge.

I m ws id wht might shw up, sudde.

Wht might hide.

At dusk I sw the stt w pteus, pis

e, eve whe pted. Amst t the Dkt bde

I ws stuk b the isti d bidig eiess

et smehw thied. Ae. Hd the the d

d i tw, just ew teeges

weig high sh swetshits, wkig d ughig, the edge

wd the dt kw.

Dkess stted s heviess i the s

eds, tt, stks, ste.

I tued bk just bee the Piie Widie Reuge

t Odess, the pe I me t see. Csed.

Empt. Te m se. Fu.

I ws divig Highw , the Siux i.

I ud ee the pst the w I ud i Mexi,

M tmbs i the juge t Peque,

me teig ppes m u hds.

Tee hus sti t dive hme.


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t h e a t t o r n e y : rom t h e i t a l o p o e m s

Yu husbd is evig.

Yu hve t hse.

Yu hve t get tte.

G dwtw e the steepe d deeit piges

whee the bes e st miis.

Wk it pte heights, ig,

stte u me t the desk,

weep t tbe ge th u diig m,

deide wht t keep d give up.

Smt d tugh

withut ve, the tte

kws the w, kws the pttes,

s bids this time e, sesig wite d ti

t get wht thee e,

smetimes te wigs whe the me t the widw.

Bke, widw see uts but it keeps bids utside;

sts ivisibe eugh t shw ight.

Tis is ed uttig u sses.

Tis is ed seeig the big pitue. Eve kid m

speks i umbes, mesues

wht ws pmised,

wht ws deied, bke, st.

Te tte sks d u swe

sts te thusd ds.

Yu thught thee ws st tht mde u ie ive,

e t Cemet Steet d the Pk Pesidi Bke

whee u gve m u dem d u m, u m

is ge w. Te train has lethe station. N use. Listeig.

ied tsteps. Stis.


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Te bids utside bthe i dust. Liste the .

Ahed u u husbd is witig with ve.

Te tte kws hell hath no ury

ike u. Like us.

N ws pvidig mitee

whe the eks, the ds,

u hve e t tuh u d mst

svigs. Te tte dws up ppes

tht desibe u e s pet, deide

whethe t etu the mi hid

bee e ewks.

Yu emembe hw u used the hide,

hw u ippes, swe with ieti, bed.

Hw u ved. Yu husbd.

Tis is ed givig ve t emti.

Tis is ed busiess egtiti.

Yuve eve ed spedsheet d s must tust

the tte t kw

whih judge, whih sttute, whih wive,

whih gbdie suit t e wd i, mumuig

met heth issues.

Te tte epesets u

but mesues tw sides the st.

What is truer than the truth?

Ftig te. Ime stem.

Oe u tuhed bbs te.

Te me wht the tte tuhesis me. Yu eed tte

t tuh me u.


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Yu wt t keep u huse d u hides

feti whe u hve bee stupid,

t, d ske.

Yu wt t sme u hds ss

the ttes suit whe u ped the settemet.

Yu k ut the skspe widw

withut sees, withut

piges bbbig edges.

Cig t u st

d t t te

the tuth. Yu we the tte me

d u hve t hse.


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f a m i l y c o u r t

get hee we ied wes,

tuhed ski,

tk vw, mde hid,

bke pmise.

Mbe we mde mistkes.

Nw hge tues the e

ives we kew,

bigs us t behes, hd sets

g the w.

Whe tw ptes eth

ub gist eh the,

hvig whee ese t g,

the k shtte.

Bitte iue gegists it.

Hw ud it hppe t us?

Bdies e mst wte.

We thik pepe wt t be gd.

Outside, d iies bm i ptes.

Iside wee seeed weps.

We ste t hds k ss the m

whee thes wit t, stued

b the pssge weve bked,

the tiket tht deives us

t steege,the west dek jue.


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Sme us e tke t sm ms.

We might hve ttes

des pteti,

push stes, hide buises with sves.

Bikig tes we tie the m

t the d wes gu i his hste.

Te judge sts ivisibe uti the st miute

whe gve divides vies m siee

d the de the ut.

F w the dest bid i the wd,

bk d white d isted

i ed bks s mm,

wis g bee divig

deepe. Deepe.


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t h e r a b b i t

Smetimes, wkig it the kithe

te gss wte, I get

m mthe is ded,

m husbd is ge,

m hide thei hidhd

is ve.

I the ight I k ut the widw,

ew sw ig i the d.

Sw ves evethig

but the tks the bbit

sudde shw up.

Pebbed tpits g ud i ies,

the bk

it bmbe.

Wht hides the gss gives w the bbit.

Rbbit, I kw whee u ive w.

F mmet I get

wh I m. F mmet

I k ut the widw s i thig hd hppeed.


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t h e a m y g d a l a b l u e s

Te emotional core o your brain . . . allows you to gauge the emotional

signifcance o what you are looking at.

v. s. ramachand ran

A disconnection between the amygdala and the inerotemporal cortex . . .

mock[s] any trust one put[s] in consciousness.

richard powers

Tees g ight d m ve mmets.

G ight d vei ve time.

Horses were turned loose in the childs sorrow.

Tees pe i the bi tht emembes.

A pe i the bi tht te.

Te st tht the hse etus t.

Fge wd smke d hssp.

Fge wd smke d hi.

iggeig sdes e.

Tees whipsh d wigsp d shdw.

Whipsh d wigsp d di.

Bizzd d gp hed.

Is it pedt, idet, wig?

Pedt, idet, ied?

Is it time? Ae we thee? Ae u eti?

Nt egizig the mii

Nt kwig wht u te.

Resig gets distted. Bekst busts it tes.


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Hw wi I kw wht u me is?

Hw wi I d u gi?

Eeti sequee stts givig f hges . . .

es d iuit d pi.

Rptue d whi d ust.

N me exuse expti.

Te e mig t bd up the widws.

Te e mig t bd up the huse.

Tees ette, kehe, e.

I sm m the sk u t me it.

I sm m the sk wht u did.

Rpid het te d stess-idued hmes.

Nthig mes i de.

Nthig mes i de but suges.

Hud dg used t the widw.

Chide sequesteed d smkestks.

Chide sequesteed with mthes.

Te wee td the wee gig t get shwes.

Whe I wke up I ws demig.

Whe I wke up I ws demig.

ime ge ws peset gi.


15/16

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Sw dw, its st.

Sw dw, its peted.

Nt evee wts t hut u.

Put u hed dw, its mst ve.

Put u hed dw d et the hse u.

Tees g ight d m ve evethig.

Horses were turned loose . . . carolyn orc, Blue Hour


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