Malak Mattar, Untitled (detail), 2024, charcoal on paper
Do Not Desire Me, Imagine Me
As Corpse
the pulse in my thigh
unthreaded—
As Hair
the shade of dry paste
As Skull
an unlit chandelier
As Dirt
and soften
And with no fingertips, imagine
As Dust
You can hang the air on me Published:
| Online 2007

Mary Szybist
Mary Szybist received her BA and MT from the University of Virginia and later attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Teaching-Writing Fellow. Her first book, Granted, was published by Alice James Books in 2003 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She teaches at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. (updated 1/2007)
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