2/8/2020 POETRY: RAE ARMANTROUTCIRCLES 1 First they told me the future would solve the present. Then they told me the present would solve the future. The present is the world minus intention. I’m not allowed there. They know this. I begin a string of letters, picketing distance. 2 The Cheerios in the babies’ cups are full of Roundup. “Circle,” one girl chirps. "Circles" previously appeared in Conjunctions 73. Rae Armantrout's book Wobble (Wesleyan, 2018) was a finalist for the National Book Award. A new collection, Conjure, is forthcoming from Wesleyan in Sept. 2020. She was recently interviewed in The Paris Review's "Art of Poetry" series.
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