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while traveling aches to be local the la-la sound not of love but lonely not of laughter but locomotive. the llllll a favorite wall. traveling
aches to be here—is what local looks like. or at least unlike the rest. to be local means to memorize water and compare individual waves
to shapes ur hands make. nails dug into dirt somewhere and ur tongue. so mesmerized by sameness u cannot smell a lack of treedom & stacked tires on the beach. stack tired on the beach & dream how many trees u witness in a lifetime vs. how many humans a tree. u
alone in the woods see as many trees as a tree sees humans in the city. too bad when ur local the less trees u seem the better. go ahead breathe in carbon dioxide and break down in the fall. the less human u seem the better. stay right where u are so they can find u. the
government. the art instillation hanging below the ugly pipes is also thrs. knit from strands of ur graying hair. a contribution made
possible by local. don’t forget to wave from where ur staying right here. it’s called patriotism. its concept on par with religion’s results.
do not feel guilty for wrongdoing bc it masks ur resilience.
From Flock 20.
while traveling aches to be local the la-la sound not of love but lonely
not of laughter but locomotive. the llllll a favorite wall. traveling
aches to be here—is what local looks like. or at least unlike the rest.
to be local means to memorize water and compare individual waves
to shapes ur hands make. nails dug into dirt somewhere and ur
tongue. so mesmerized by sameness u cannot smell a lack of treedom
& stacked tires on the beach. stack tired on the beach & dream how
many trees u witness in a lifetime vs. how many humans a tree. u
alone in the woods see as many trees as a tree sees humans in the
city. too bad when ur local the less trees u seem the better. go ahead
breathe in carbon dioxide and break down in the fall. the less human
u seem the better. stay right where u are so they can find u. the
government. the art instillation hanging below the ugly pipes is also
thrs. knit from strands of ur graying hair. a contribution made
possible by local. don’t forget to wave from where ur staying right
here. it’s called patriotism. its concept on par with religion’s results.
do not feel guilty for wrongdoing bc it masks ur resilience.
From Flock 20.
Karolina Zapal writes in multiple genres: poetry, nonfiction essay, and memoir. She often blends borders to create innovative cross-genre work, such as prose poetry, documentary poetics, and text/image hybrids. She works most comfortably in a space without rote characterization. Her book Polalka is forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Press in summer 2018. Her work has been featured in Foglifter, Witness Magazine, Bone Bouquet and others.