EastWesterly Review
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edgar lee masters

  • Odes to the Alternate Others

    EW Wilder answers Edgar Lee Masters. 1.Liquid Sunday, animaof the undergroundparty scene of OrchardTech, glitter-bound, noö-spheric, nylon headdressblessing the dankchargedpurple air! Bless ourpassage, our tress-passing upon the graciousvacancy of your bones. 2.Akadocious and Mr. Crosius,they were the crisis—together, apart—thedesire at the fo’csle,they tire athwart. Theywere the party, the two,inched distant onlyby the “s” and the Continue reading