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published November 2009

Gregory Sherl presented these poems to his poetry workshop. Consensus: they lacked 'any sort of concrete images'. He apologizes for that. Gregory's poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in New York Quarterly, Gargoyle, Bryant Literary Review, Roanoke Review, Night Train, PANK, and elsewhere. He can be reached at jesuis.gregory@gmail.com.

11:50 PM (Tylenol PM)

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I can spell cumu­lonim­bus I can spell mel­liflu­ous & gen­tly
crav­ing touch. I can spell did­dle daw­dle & ori­fice & ori­fices
is the plural of ori­fice & I have a few. I can spell I won the spelling
bee the sixth grade spelling bee at my pri­vate school. I spelled
a word I don’t know I spelled it right & I felt well turned-out.
I can spell every strand of your hair I can spell it with my mouth
with my tongue so incan­des­cent & never pale I can spell it slowly
I can spell enun­ci­ate & resus­ci­ta­tion. I can spell rivulets of sweat
of Powerade of Gatorade of elec­trolytes. I can spell feels in my chest
in my ear buds in my iPod in my plural ori­fices. I can spell your nose
against my nose I can spell hip tremors I can spell Eskimo & kiss.