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Jun 01, 2012

To displace
the obelisk’s
stacked stone
To invent new trumpets
tubas saxophones
To march
To attack first with rosemary
then predictions
to demand money
to accept tears
To run up the street
from our offices
in high heels
to grab our babies
to feed them
from our breasts
then and there
To light candles
in the grotto
to light so many
it will explode

Kimberly Campanello was born in Elkhart, indiana, and now lives in Dublin. Her chapbook Spinning Cities is published by Wurm press (2011). she was the featured poet in our summer 2010 issue. Her work has also appeared in Eyewear, nthposition, and The Cream City Review. she is an assistant editor of Rowboat, a new magazine dedicated to poetry in translation.