Like any good strategist, you keep an ethical<\/p>\n
distance, stepping over milkweed and turning on<\/p>\n
the radio. It\u2019s hard to tell when you\u2019re approaching\u2014<\/p>\n
everyone wears an orange vest over her coat.<\/p>\n
Cooking without speaking, I feel like an actress<\/p>\n
playing a wife\u2014soft cheese with honey, pickled<\/p>\n
cabbage, pale tomatoes from the roadside store.<\/p>\n
The pond is frozen and the snow has no content.<\/p>\n
I understand the animal only if it\u2019s packed<\/p>\n
in Styrofoam and thawing on the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n
Even then, some parts are too much for me.<\/p>\n
The bulbous head of the hydrangea hits the window.<\/p>\n
You come in. We eat marrow and cartilage.<\/p>\n
I wanted the snow to be like snow from television\u2014<\/p>\n
fat and legible. How rarely I feel I am anywhere.<\/p>\n
I hate the animal when it looks like what it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I understand the animal only if it\u2019s packed \/ in Styrofoam and thawing on the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6284,"template":"","categories":[9,49,119],"tags":[6,1808,1809,201],"class_list":["post-6279","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aquifer","category-literary-features","category-poetry","tag-aquifer-the-florida-review-online","tag-madeleine-cravens","tag-open-season","tag-poetry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n