(after Marcel Duchamp)<\/p>\n
This long-beaked,
\none-legged, bird-like
\nbottle keeps a kind of wine
\nin it, a thoughtful weeping,<\/p>\n
of good spirits
\nnevertheless since aerial
\nbeyond all sense. A man must
\ntote to a new country<\/p>\n
what he can to remind
\nhim, when dreariness sets in,
\nof where he\u2019s been. Open it
\nand, as a whiff escapes,<\/p>\n
slowly, if a thirsty
\ndrinking, breathe it in;
\nthe way a burly summer
\nturns to light and sweet,<\/p>\n
neatly accurate
\nupon the tongue, inside
\na ripened grape, the very
\nsong it, forging, seems<\/p>\n
inspired by.
\nSo now, when breathing\u2019s
\nknife-like for the ice
\nwithin the air, drawing<\/p>\n
big, abrasive tears,
\nthis vial will let out
\nParis, mild yet sprightly
\npresence bent to oversee<\/p>\n
Luxembourgean strolls,
\na feeling that drew paints
\nto it like greedy pigeons
\nas they gaped to be<\/p>\n
so gathered, so arranged
\nthat they were flying, they
\nwere soaring without wings,
\nwere uttered, utterly,<\/p>\n
without a tongue, an air
\nthat goes on breathing
\nlong after its original
\nhas turned to other things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1918,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[660],"department_id":[554],"issue":[3244],"section":[],"acf":{"participants":{"simple_value_formatted":"","value_formatted":null,"value":null,"field":{"ID":0,"key":"field_65fd9fbaa0408","label":"Authors","name":"participants","aria-label":"","prefix":"acf","type":"user","value":null,"menu_order":0,"instructions":"","required":0,"id":"","class":"","conditional_logic":0,"parent":"group_647e2b3c6941d","wrapper":{"width":"","class":"","id":""},"role":"","return_format":"array","multiple":1,"allow_null":0,"bidirectional":0,"bidirectional_target":[],"_name":"participants","_valid":1}},"page_number":{"simple_value_formatted":45,"value_formatted":45,"value":"45","field":{"ID":0,"key":"field_647e2bc0c860c","label":"Page 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