p a n i k a d i l l o n

from The Wives of David

a voice amid glissando knows only: alpha, omega

chorus

     two letters gaping—
\                                    notes that span; make something / queue 
  \     the starting flag / shot gun spread leaves: ribs, palpitations
    \
      \     of aria / pulpit bullets: shell casings expired singing swarm
        \     clatter, singing soap pillar, singing succubus film / the dead son shifts 
          \
            \     through pews (rotting silk; slides) fingers up my spine   
              \     searching for an ending, rubber necking destiny / story  
                \
                  \     of his life: lookin' for Trouble— I wear her (close) / fame by  
                    \     frame: atomic sirens; blue & white of band stands, of hand
                      \
                        \     cuffs / it is not violence (that gets to me) / it is stillness 
                          \     banking—
                                                   Armageddon: a date & a lottery ticket

the decreation of David
	gold god go o * .
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kiss kiss chirp (remix)
	slip off jeans and unmake the coffee: let it defy god & pour backwards into the pot's accented teeth
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PANIKA M C DILLON is from Fairbanks, AK and Austin, TX. She received her MFA in creative-writing poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has appeared in Heavy Feather Review, Borderlands, Copper Nickel, The Diagram and others. She works as a political organizer.

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