“... Call the behavior 

pseudo-copulation

call the flower

prostitute

A frenzy of intercourse

ensures pollination.. ”

        Valyntina Grenier

“We enter the cemetery to touch

the illegible names on stones, 

 

quiet and damp to our skin 

as cellars, even now, when 

 

the brittle August grass 

breaks under us like cereal...”

        Emily Kingery