Ali Power
Mistranslation XXI or Any Given Sunday
after “Sonnet XXI” by Francesco Petrarca
Herb & foliage
My Venture Capitalist
Like a virgin
Continues to consume in the light
But bless the locus
With virtual gold &
A graceful dick pic
Allora—
This rosy matrix is also a dirigible
Where juices taste better
Because of the air pressure
I will drive you away
Into the old-fashioned sunset
Where no one can text you
Ali Power is a poet and psychotherapist. She is the author of the book-length poem A Poem for Record Keepers (Argos Books, 2016) and the co-editor of the volume New York School Painters & Poets (Rizzoli, 2014). Power’s poems have appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, jubilat, LIT, PEN, Stonecutter, and elsewhere. She curates SOLO, a reading series at Wendy's Subway in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
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