Charles Bernstein

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July 22, 2011 Bernstein Charles

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I pet my pet, I fear my fear, I torment my torment, I wear my wear, I tear my tear, I comb my comb, I brush my brush, I hush my hush, I quiet my quiet, I touch my touch, I hate my hate, I love my love, I taste my taste, I slap my slap, I rip my rip, I rope my rope, I chain my chain, I sun my sun, I name my name, I surprise my surprise, I slur my slur, I laugh my laugh, I cry my cry, I hope my hope, I shout my shout, I sand my sand, I deal my deal, I share my share, I snare my snare, I aim my aim, I lack my lack, I face my face, I blame my blame, I trap my trap, I curb my curve, I need my need, I desire my desire, I cloak my cloak, I approach my approach, I reproach my reproach, I delay my delay, I hurt my hurt, I pain my pain, I word my word, I shock my shock, I risk my risk, I language my language, I act my act, I ache my ache, I stoke my stoke, I stash my stash, I turn my turn, I waste my waste, I fold my fold, I tether my tether, I weather my weather, I store my store, I eye my eye, I tongue my tongue, I finger my finger, I figure my figure, I sin my sin, I light my light, I shell my shell, I stone my stone, I void my void, I break my break, I gulp my gulp, I shit my shit, I time my time, I temper my temper, I anger my anger, I taint my taint, I will my will, I fund my fund, I ply my ply.

Charles Bernstein’s most recent book is Pitch of Poetry, essays from the University of Chicago Press. Chicago also published his most recent collection of poems, Recalculating. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.