From Even the Trees Yawn

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from Even the Trees Yawn Joshua Young (bio) Field Notes Entry the flood willonly increase the sexbodies craving othersthe stomach flattenedinto the arch i wantbiblical factshere leave themthey will float leave thema fire is not inevitablewe expect applause but that—that is rain the raingoes we willnot let eachother give at the fallthere is no ark [End Page 213] because this is notthe flood this is justlate-winter & cowslearning to swimwe will say youwere born for waterwe were madefor land Field Notes Entry anthologizethe animals & the soundsthey make deersgathered in the ivycoyotes in the branch-cavei don’t knowwhat this means but if the menchop wood there will be a purgingof sin [End Page 214] & the unhumanwill learn to communicatethough words februaryis a series of deadanimals onporches & marchis howling & the highwaybegins to quietthe alley lighthums a foxgloveis not a foxglovebut an anchor is alwaysa bird Field Notes Entry the water is a thing that is— but the fire is man-made we search for fires on the rooftops we search for fire anywhere the warehouse is a flame& out past the spires there are dots glowing & what kind of plan is thattilted in the water? [End Page 215] Joshua Young Joshua Young is the author of four collections, most recently, The Holy Ghost People (Plays Inverse 2014), and the chapbook, Sedro Woolley Days: A Damien Jurado Mixtape (Midnight City 2015). He is Editor-in-Chief at The Lettered Streets Press and Associate Director of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches poetry and writing. He lives in Chicago. Copyright © 2015 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents