Trapeze
A priest is an actor
An actor is an acrobat
An acrobat is an astronomer
An astronomer is a poet
A poet
Is not qualified to preach
Acknowledgements
summer with doom
silence with strawberries
a lot of us
aren’t having
a good time
the longest coffee
is instant
and sweet, the emperor
of icemen cometh
so this
is just
to say
querid@s amig@s
you can find today’s queerlection
in the queerlectionary
ampersand
i remain
truly thankful
and incredibly
full of bounce
at least sometimes
un abrazo
anthony ezekiel
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Vahni Anthony Ezekiel Capildeo FRSL is a Trinidadian Scottish writer of poetry and non-fiction. Capildeo's eight books and nine pamphlets include Like a Tree Walking (Carcanet, 2021) and The Dusty Angel (Oystercatcher, 2021).
Trapeze and Acknowledgements are from Gentle Housework of the Sacrifice (Guillemot, forthcoming).
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