Jordan Stempleman
The
Seats of Gan Hamelech
Cabin or for
rest
charter epic
finished her lox
olives, both in flight.
First ride
cannot be doubted
may best be seen
if two distances
are placed
side by side
inserted, not disclosed
with all bodies
served illustration
along the beach. City
needing inches
stopping in itself
one active
shift, a squeeze
behaved. First time
during promised things.
Told in what
is fragment
where British
operated bridges
over the openness
of soup, diversion, mifgash
passage of doing so
their ranks clean
into one drop. Mementoes
caked with hope
do open polite
Repainted jeeps
left in slump
along roads, strayed
between lemon trees.
This is country
entire within outposts
stage along
the big lake
contributions
and ranks
facing temple.
Group photographed
as history given upon rests
records base
others praise
taken from otherwise
unveiled place, assembly
remains exercise
apart from frame.
Refreshed
slipped lose
of the next. Wants rest
only in longer
meetings with eyes.
Bowlie bowlie
Iman Ali, who sees
the young girl
held up in tears
no more milk
sweeping child, her
mother's solution
of cradlesong sank
deep soil, so shall
spit unnatural.
He acted, flogging
the pastures, ground
in return he found
so would spit.
Ali awoken
from death
each morning, up
with sandy chin
risen from earth's
forever scold.
Road gone by
turn bus hung perfect
changed state.
Been no real
dialogue
outside the turn,
all are interruptions
ruins of our rules.
Snares left
cold
trying withheld look
from out this window
determinate two lane
go by former dynasty
not quite unsealed
remains to be learned
altogether where
the stone goes.
Exception of symbol
in pieces
dried up a way.
sea complete
stages
reference as my friend,
"such mixture
was not deemed a stain."
a fan of marked impression
check foreskins
at the door.
The drip before
saying good ride
five parts champagne
the little girls
go down with tint
too much she
cries
her a sick one
cripples a little in love.
Forms unsigned
canoe has paint flecks
come from information
water too laughing fits
from the rocks, chance angles
and I say no
waste
this comes
before knew, delimit
from which singly
connective waives
in bulk, squads
loaf knowing
the turbot will float on-
dove's liturgical festival
what caves in, maybe not
the period.
To the plaza,
trying the barrier
keeping the group
to push their way
but to push our way
so we can stick together-
2
LA residents
find
a large quiet area
you
restore out
songful
breaking
he's
this to consider
kicked
in shins, South African saves
the
barrel chest for Zionist peat
running
into chicken coops
pet
names call out flavor
ponder
if doing
that
age intervened
Skip
to my Kotel, where
women
should, when
women
have sung,
or
now is this what
we're
standing next to?
Cats
in Quarter
moss not
right step, exception
of symbol
front soldier's proof-
they took his picture
before he'd cleaned up,
down grit
drinking green bottle.
Milling around, soldiers vary
above a charmed glacial path:
Security's
secular reach
built
on eggs tossed capable
richly
sauced fish, hiding
in
towering baths.
--Third
temple
must've
been all
the
way up
to
that bike rack.
In
order to cure
words
relax,
however
the discipline.
Fashion
ending after checkout.
Chickpeas
lead to tolerance
in
gas stove, grandmother's mother
she's
into one hunched over
the
union of heat produced
one
brought out by the other.
Trundle
of her joints, less hand
out
from the other, constant dough
evidence
avoiding objects, attention
precise
back there
eyelids
bellied, as on
will
be, he's my leaning
into
the windy remove.
What
is clear
and the guide told the story
cleaned
out
walk to an overlook
map
may fly
not yet open, telling of invite
match-up
this scarf
to railings set on edge.
Planter,
your trees
blowing away from this spot
spared
from who plants
ruins that simply tunnel, replaced
is
sight to see-
can this ever touch
the
strains
where vacant stood? Speak
against
falling gain.
Cramming rise
into
the stretch of one lure
demanding another.
festival
buys
half
the land
this
be once
made
still,
moving
to finish
you
century
with
taciturn recap
and
bulk
imitating
assonance
--but they'll
remember
wild
flowers
visits
after bombings
Abu
Ghosh where all take invitation
outstanding
and burning
a
lump is mine
from
conflict's present spent
lights:
participants to adjust
when
found turn over
those
cameras frosted at home
gone
from hunger,
an
offensive thing to have.
forgotten
the middle
that's what's
said, much to say
late, wearing oncoming
for the casual
imposing appearance, instant
slowly enlarges, chalk
has such
the thin neck
on paper ourselves
construction pause
my cold toes, out
behind the times
cut write-off
into drawn bruise
a volley of what letter
to accept, you can't sit
did it instead
thinking turns
in unskinned acts
there isn't much
up there, flatten out
the document
his name is Wolf
that's enough blur
for her sons
on the scale
where wisdom stirs,
recordings
set to alter.
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