Poetry Reading
Annie Brechin reading her poem read her poem, “Choices,” at Napa Bar, Prague, 26 August, 2012. Click the image above to launch the video. Read the poem below.
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CHOICES
You have nothing to do,
so you might as well cut.
But really, there is a lot to do –
texts to be read, the oblation of the essay
the laundry, the washing-up.
Phone so-and-so about such-and-such.
Go out, pretend that there are men
who would obtain you and not then
abstain, refraining from the skin
that’s split with rust –
This is not agony. This is merely
something left over in the back of your head –
like a tune heard once,
forgotten when the ear fell dead.
It’s nothing to you.
You might as well cut.
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Don’t Miss:
Lindsey Holland reading her poem, “It Comes To Blood,” which appeared in the August issue of B O D Y.
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Video shot by Matt Agan