published September 2009

Denise Duhamel's most recent poetry titles are Ka-Ching! (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009); Two and Two (Pittsburgh, 2005); Mille et un Sentiments (Firewheel, 2005); Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (Pittsburgh, 2001); and The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999). A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, she is an associate professor at Florida International University in Miami.

Marriage

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Please, honey, don’t cry. I love you. I’ll do any­thing to make you happy.

Will you take me bowling?

Fuck that. You know I hate bowling.