Calling a wolf a wolf: poems

Soot

I: Terminal. Wild pear tree ; Do you speak Persian? ; Yeki bood yeki nabood ; Portrait of the alcoholic with home invader and housefly ; Recovery ; Drinkaware self-report ; Calling a wolf a wolf (inpatient) ; Stop me if you've heard this one before ; Portrait of the alcoholic with withdrawal ; Some boys aren't born they bubble ; Heritage ; Milk ; Portrait of the alcoholic with doubt and kingfisher ; Desunt nonnulla ; Learning to pray ; Portrait of the alcoholic three weeks sober ; Supplication with rabbit skull and bouquet ; Exciting the canvas ; A boy steps into the water ; Wake me up when it's my birthday

II: Hunger. What seems like joy ; Best shadows ; Portrait of the alcoholic with moths and river ; Rimrock ; Prayer ; Besides, little goat, you can't just go asking for mercy ; Thirstiness is not equal division ; Long pig ; Being in this world makes me feel like a time traveler ; Against dying ; Portrait of the alcoholic with relapse fantasy ; Orchids are sprouting from the floorboards ; The new world ; Against hell ; Palmyra ; Unburnable the cold is flooding our lives ; Portrait of the alcoholic frozen in block of ice ; Neither now nor never ; Everything that moves is alive and a threat

-a reminder ; What use is knowing anything if no one is around ; No is a complete sentence

III: Irons. Portrait of the alcoholic floating in space with severed umbilicus ; An apology ; The straw is too long, the axe is too dull ; My kingdom for a murmur of fanfare ; Every drunk wants to die sober it's how we beat the game ; Tassiopeia ; Portrait of the alcoholic with craving ; Fugu ; River of milk ; God ; Despite their size children are easy to remember they watch you ; Ways to harm a thing ; Personal inventory: fearless (temporis fila) ; So often the body becomes a distraction ; I won't lie this plague of gratitude ; Portrait of the alcoholic stranded alone on a desert island.