Mug, Book, Biscuits, and Match, by John Frederick Peto

Anopheles and two other poems

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this
is how
I assert

my
will
upon

this
machine
mind

force
you
to

make
infinities
of

my
nothing
ness

what if

what if I take all this bis
cuit dough in my head and s
quish it into a perfect blo
ck?  would that keep it fro
m oozing out my eyes and on
to my life and my people an
d bring me some peace; like
one of those cookies they c
ut with metal shapes and ev
en the oven doesn't warp ?

anopheles

one
after another
they came
as if
they had
lined
up
outside
the window
waited
for their
turn
to
pierce
the skin
drink
the blood
feed
the brood
leave
a welt

July 17, 2025




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