“and even you forgot those brilliant flashes seen from afar” -Ruth Stone

Facebook Twitter Instagram Search
  • Home
  • Subscribe
        • Join the mailing list

  • Art
  • Hear
  • Issues
  • Submit
  • Shop
  • Donate

Chris Tonelli

from A TEST OF COMPANY

XXV

https://iterant.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tonelli-XXV.mp3

the object
is an obstacle life
not a yard sale
the separation of merch
and estate
the commodification of experience
the poetics
of capitalism
whatever no matter
what
get all your nouns in there
they’re special
just because you double down
doesn’t mean you’re not shitty

XXIX

https://iterant.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tonelli-XXIX.mp3

 

the difference between burning out and
fading away is
negligible
within the margin of error
beginnings are easy to see
endings
to lose
we put a real tree
inside our house
they put our house
inside a real forest
none of us
are staying not
a thing
not a narrative or ritual
our desire is the only
arrival
anyone else
want to invent
a new holiday

Appears in this issue
Tonelli pic
Chris Tonelli is the author of five chapbooks and two full-length poetry collections, most recently Whatever Stasis from Barrelhouse Books.

Read more

Follow Us

  • Contact Us

© 2019 All Rights Reserved

Hear

Submit

Art

Issues

Search

Shop

Donate

Sign up for our Newsletter

Facebook Twitter Instagram
Search

More results...

Generic filters

Infrequent email notifications