Taking Place Poem by Rae Armantrout

Taking Place



Once we liked the conspicuous
but constrained,

the push-up bra
under the shirt-waist,

a small bow
at the throat,

the appearance
of a struggle

toward the diminutive,
the punctum.







The slender
second hand

jerking forward
as if helpless,

making its same sound.






We might stand
in a thicket

where a battle had
taken place

and be thrilled
by the far-off roar

of traffic

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Rae Armantrout

Rae Armantrout

Vallejo, California / United States
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