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"My American Pastoral" by Shan Cawley

i.
you are either
the dirt on your window or the choice not to see it

i sit in slug positions
i morph myself
into the people
standing next to me,
renaming an atom every minute
 

this focus is as focus does
my white flag as a ketchup-stained napkin
 

a sky, always blue
even when we sleep

ii.
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy to the moon
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy to the moon at 50 miles per hour
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy to the moon at 50 miles per hour that is now in orbit
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy to the moon at 50 miles per hour
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy to the moon
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy to the
i am flying a Streetcar Named Democracy, too

"House of Cards" by Shan Cawley

my father talking to fox news
like it is his daughter
 

as the ​#1 dad ​award
fades on the kitchen fridge.