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By Rae Armantrout

Where there’s smoke
there are mirrors


and a dry ice machine,
industrial quality fans.


If I’ve learned anything
about the present moment
 


But who doesn’t
love a flame,


the way one leaps
into being


full-fledged,
then leans over


to chat
 


Already the light
is retrospective,
sourceless,


is losing itself
though the trees
are clearly limned.


  • Nature

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Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout, one of the founding members of the West Coast group of Language poets, stands apart from other Language poets in her lyrical voice and her commitment to the interior and the domestic. Her short-lined poems are often concerned with dismantling conventions of memory, pop culture, science, and mothering, and these unsparing interrogations are often streaked with wit. See More By This Poet

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