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Audio Poem of the Day — Things to Do with a Monster. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
0:00My name is Tasey at City, and I'm reading my poem, Things to Do with a Monster, After Gary Snyder's Things to Do poems. You have to be a monster, first of all, or pretend. Walk like them, shift your weight and grant like them. Put on a mask. Keep your hair just the way it is. Gracie, cascading. Hunch your back only slightly, just enough like you're a witch. Climb a top maces for the view and pools blow on rain. Watch the white hailed anelope spring about with crusty butts. Play house and arroyos carve out a life minimal. Make mud pies on the road after rainfall. Tap them, jiggle.
1:02Dig wild onions in the north hills of Dagaskai for bone broth. Shoot the breeze on the back of Monster Bird. Extra legroom. Tie sage bundles and hang them out to dry like jerky. Follow slow moving stink bugs and smear them for the smell. Go to a sleepover at Kicks place. Sleep one eye open. Run alongside them as they hunt their prey. Pray for them. Peel off the skin of wild potatoes. Mash with flesh. Cup your hands at the side of cove mountains. Push into her. Chase whirlwinds until they carry us up. Death ascending. Use dried corn husk as tinder for a fire.
2:05Monster breaths. Strike the crevice of a rock with a stick. Watch water rise. See your reflection in the stream. His face rippling into yours.
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