{"id":760,"date":"2010-04-12T18:35:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T23:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?p=760"},"modified":"2010-04-12T18:35:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T23:35:52","slug":"ortiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/2010\/04\/ortiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Ortiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Imago<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where did the mosquito come from?<\/p>\n<p>-The molted skeleton of a <em>salmon pink birdeater<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What did the holly-leaf cherry hear?<\/p>\n<p>-Glass shatter, an executioner penetrate<\/p>\n<p>a murderer, the murderer ejaculate on the velvet cushion,<\/p>\n<p>confusion sloughing in the mirror shards.<\/p>\n<p>Why did the pirate sing?<\/p>\n<p>-His lover seduced him under the <em>Arc deTriomphe,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>before the chandeliers broke the mirror,<\/p>\n<p>because he lost his fear of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Castanet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a castanet,<\/p>\n<p>a minstrel blackface,<\/p>\n<p>not the pigtail cushioning<\/p>\n<p>the toreador\u2019s blow<\/p>\n<p>in the bullring<\/p>\n<p>or the severed<\/p>\n<p>hairpiece to indicate<\/p>\n<p>the honor of retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Me, the <em>Zambra Mora<\/em><\/p>\n<p>striking hip and resting<\/p>\n<p>navel on your palm,<\/p>\n<p>a nuptial instrument,<\/p>\n<p>tempestuous drumstick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kiwi News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Mr. Rudd announced<\/p>\n<p>to the Aboriginal Social Justice<\/p>\n<p>Commission his plans to fingerprint the daisies<\/p>\n<p>making him sleepy and face-scan<\/p>\n<p>white rabbit visitors from 10 high-risk countries.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rudd said the sides of the well were filled<\/p>\n<p>with cupboards and bookshelves, a growing threat<\/p>\n<p>from Islamist radicals born in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>Three months ago, six Alabamans of foreign origin<\/p>\n<p>exploded a number of questions.\u00a0 Do bats eat<\/p>\n<p>Australian cats?\u00a0 Do dingoes eat Alabamans?<\/p>\n<p>They received AstraZeneca coupons<\/p>\n<p>for conspiring to launch this jihadist attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>launching platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>between hatred and garland<\/p>\n<p>their\u2026 lives the esperantist wolf<\/p>\n<p>between a cactus and a lute<\/p>\n<p>there\u2019s roughness of wind<\/p>\n<p>between a drunk and a compass<\/p>\n<p>emanates the stench that fills distances<\/p>\n<p>between parchment and volcano<\/p>\n<p>smudges of light arise<\/p>\n<p>between a<em> Zarzuela<\/em> and a Mayan<\/p>\n<p>lie neurotic governesses,<\/p>\n<p><em>poetes maudits<\/em><\/p>\n<p>between fortune-teller and hail<\/p>\n<p>there are hidden brooks and snipers<\/p>\n<p><em>Ortiz has a B.A. in English literature from Inter-American University, and a M.A. in philosophy from World University. \u00a0His poems have been recently published, or are forthcoming in: The Battered Suitcase, Zygote in my Coffee, Right Hand Pointing, Poui: Cave Hill Journal of Creative Writing, and Writers\u2019 Bloc. \u00a0Flutter Press published his chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk (2009).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imago Where did the mosquito come from? -The molted skeleton of a salmon pink birdeater. What did the holly-leaf cherry hear? -Glass shatter, an executioner penetrate a murderer, the murderer ejaculate on the velvet cushion, confusion sloughing in the mirror shards. Why did the pirate sing? -His lover seduced him under the Arc deTriomphe, before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-april-2010","tag-ortiz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sergio Ortiz - Full Of Crow: Poetry (Archives)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/2010\/04\/ortiz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sergio Ortiz - Full Of Crow: Poetry (Archives)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imago Where did the mosquito come from? -The molted skeleton of a salmon pink birdeater. 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