Daniel Edward Moore
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Daniel Edward Moore lives in Washington on Whidbey Island.His poems are forthcoming in Notre Dame ReviewThe MeadowSouthern Humanities ReviewNew Plains ReviewTemenos JournalFlint Hills ReviewPlainsongs and Book of Matches. His book, Waxing the Dents, is from Brick Road Poetry Press.

Nothing tender about it
after Carl Phillips



making a home out of stranger’s hands, 
                                                        surrendering to the consoling crawl 
toward the hum of silicone light, 
                                                              electric blue and battery powered, 
aimed at the dark little pub in me 
                                                                where nerve endings chat
about the coming invasion.


Since depth and desire  
                                                              share an office downtown 
where the phone just won’t stop ringing,
                                                              the sacred text of post-it notes
remind the gorgeous trembling parts

to love the way a Drill Sargent’s whistle 
                                                           trains the lips to open and close
on a camouflaged attachment.

Should anything ever be that hidden, 
                                                        and take the risk to violently blend
regardless of nothing breaking?








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