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NO. 87 BROWN SPRUCE BEER
b.c. edwards
I take your molasses-work lines
I tinker to fix them. I pack them in sand.
Everyday I do this for you. This is how I work.
Pack the lines in sawdust.
If I could I would make burgers for you instead.
Cheeseburger or ham, your choice.
But this is as far as I can go.
All I know how.
Eight gallons more.
Boiling, well corked so the sand can't squeak by, infect the line,
ruin the temper.
Well tied so the dust doesn't give away your age.
If I could I would ride horses for you.
Pluck fish whole out of the river.
Eight gallons fresh.
I would build desks for you.
Entire classrooms of desks.
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B.C. Edwards lives in Brooklyn. He is the recipient of the 2011 Hudson Prize put out by Black Lawrence Press, which will be publishing his collection of short fiction, THE AVERSIVE CLAUSE, in 2012 and his collection of poetry, FROM THE STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF RECIPES, in 2013. He is a regular contributor to BOMBLOG and his work can be found in RED LINE BLUES, THE SINK REVIEW, FOOD-I-CORP, HOBART, and others. His short story ILLFIT is being adapted into a piece by the Royal Ballet of Flanders. He is also a Literary Death Match Champion and has the medal to prove it.
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