Mark Tardi is from Chicago, Illinois. His first book, Euclid Shudders, is published by Litmus Press. Recently, two chapbooks have appeared: Airport music from Bronze Skull Press, and Part First-----Chopin's Feet from g o n g. He has served as an editor at Dalkey Archive Press, and is currently the book review and essay editor for Aufgabe. His work can be found in Antennae, Bird Dog, Conundrum, and Traverse.
Dear Peter,
Can you calculate an exact weight for a whisper? Is nudity a
form of dress? What does memory smell like, because I'm
still wondering about "meyer over monkey," and those
pen-shaped birds? Can you ride an umbrella out to sea? Are
the pajamas still unmailed? Would you say nets and fences
can be mirrors? How many fragments of fog scrape into trust?
If the counterpanes still leave me cold, is that trembling a song?
Do you think five minutes is enough, or did I step off the
platform a city too soon?
--
Or stood in a lane
Or dusk
Or it's possible
Or to react
Or lourd fardeau
Or plant
Or insistent streets
Or snake tapes
Or four-letter initials
Or if there's time
Or bearded
Or blankets
Or piano aprons
Or leaks
Or descending stairs
Or its end-product
Or sand cells
Or static
Or photograph food
Or bird
Or bauxite
still wondering about "meyer over monkey," and those
pen-shaped birds? Can you ride an umbrella out to sea? Are
the pajamas still unmailed? Would you say nets and fences
can be mirrors? How many fragments of fog scrape into trust?
If the counterpanes still leave me cold, is that trembling a song?
Do you think five minutes is enough, or did I step off the
platform a city too soon?
--
Or stood in a lane
Or dusk
Or it's possible
Or to react
Or lourd fardeau
Or plant
Or insistent streets
Or snake tapes
Or four-letter initials
Or if there's time
Or bearded
Or blankets
Or piano aprons
Or leaks
Or descending stairs
Or its end-product
Or sand cells
Or static
Or photograph food
Or bird
Or bauxite
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