for Tony Burgess (again)
In a
jar
and
the latrine
intended to the Terror through the
lack
must be in
a jar
and kept
by ready force
the Terror she placed in
a jar
be
listening be more be lated be behind
major fields
of those
hacked to pieces of
the carefully placed
one
more
time
the circulating night
elated in
a jar
kept
ready for force
the place
where nature
breaks virtue
marijuana animal
swimming
through the over-whelming
pubic beard returning to virtues
of force
slapping in the
slop buckets
sparks
are
fire
She intends it this time, or
drank
turpentine
in all cases
returning in time, their
money
in
a jar
listening to
replace nature its so-called
progress
Natalee Caple is the author of seven books of poetry and fiction and the co-author of several incarnations of a full-length play titled i-Robot Theatre (based on Jason Christie’s i-Robot Poetry) with the Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre Collective. Her most recent novel, In Calamity’s Wake was published to international acclaim in Canada and the US in 2013. Her collection of poetry, A More Tender Ocean, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her book of short stories, The Heart is its Own Reason, was called “moving … arresting” by The New York Times. Her novel, Mackerel Sky was called “ breathlessly good” by the Washington Post. Natalee’s work has been optioned for film, and nominated for a National Magazine Award, the Journey Prize, the Bronwen Wallace Award, and the Eden Mills Fiction Award.