Muster Points burns bright as a flare in blackout. Scouring deep cuts of pop, literary, culinary, and queer culture, the poet crafts baroque poems that know, in the apocalypse, lullabies, Carly Rae Jepsen, exes, and strawberry jam will all come in handy. Heartfelt and clever, this collection thrashes and sings amidst the din of unrelenting, overlapping crises.
Authors
- Pages
- 80
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
- Series
- Brave & Brilliant
Table of Contents
- Forewarnings 6
- FRONT HOLES 8
- CARLY RAE BEDLAM 10
- RETROSPECTIVE HOROSCOPE FOR MARCH 2020 12
- DORM-ROOM ISOLATION 14
- OHBIJOU 16
- EMOTION 18
- LESSER-KNOWN WELLNESS WORKBOOKS 20
- STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DIVERSITY 21
- PANDEMIC LULLABY 24
- BOY PROBLEMS 25
- RUN AWAY WITH ME 26
- PHONE THERAPY 1 27
- I HAVE MY SUSPICIONS 28
- NOSE JOB 30
- PLEASE DONT SWAB ME GENTLY 32
- II. 34
- FEAST AND FAMINE 34
- III 39
- III. 42
- FURTHER GASTROPOETICS 42
- A BETTER POEM ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER 44
- WAYS TO SPREAD STRAWBERRIES 46
- FUCKING WITH ECONOMY AND GRACE 49
- THIRD-DATE PAINT CHIPS 55
- MOTHERS DAY 2020 56
- IV. 58
- SEMINAR IN MODERNISM AND OPERA 58
- I. Overture 60
- II. Salome 61
- III. Oedipus Rex 62
- IV. Falstaff 63
- V. Madama Butterfly 64
- VI. Porgy and Bess 65
- VII. Recommended Supplementary Listening 66
- VIII. Salome Reprise 67
- IX. Tristan und Isolde 68
- MUSTER POINTS 70
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING YOUR LOCATION IF LOST 72
- YOU WILL BE TRAVELLING TO DISTANT LANDS FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES 74
- TIGERLILY PERFUMERY 973 VALENCIA ST. 77
- MEETING OF THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY BOYS CLUB 79
- THE WESTIN 81
- GIRLS WHO LIKE ANI DIFRANCO 82
- THE FOLEY ARTIST 85
- ONE DAY YOUR GRANDMOTHER 87
- PET NAMES 89
- REPORT FROM THE INTERIOR 91
- PLEASE CHILDREN BREAK SOME COASTERS AND HEARTS 92
- Acknowledgements 94
- Muster Points 98
