9/19 James Cagney hosted by Liz
Cave Canem fellow James Cagney is a poet and writer from Oakland. He
has appeared as a featured poet and artist in San Francisco,
Vancouver, Chicago and Mumbai. His poems have appeared in Print
Oriented Bastards, Tandem, Eleven Eleven, and Ambush Review. His
current chapbook is entitled Dirty Thunderstorm.
he comes into the flower shop
approaches the florist, and says:
what flower
cuts thru the bullshit
between people
and says:
has appeared as a featured poet and artist in San Francisco,
Vancouver, Chicago and Mumbai. His poems have appeared in Print
Oriented Bastards, Tandem, Eleven Eleven, and Ambush Review. His
current chapbook is entitled Dirty Thunderstorm.
The Florist
james cagney
after smoking
whatever it was
down to its last flake
of ash
he comes into the flower shop
approaches the florist, and says:
what flower
cuts thru the bullshit
between people
and says:
I don't hate you
despite never saying that I love you
that apologizes
without
despite never saying that I love you
that apologizes
without
being sorry
that
that
means love
without saying it
without saying it
and says love
but without
but without
meaning death
and the florist says
the yellow chrysanthemum
and the florist says
the yellow chrysanthemum
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