Aleksey Dayen
FAMILY POETRY

I LOVE FAMILY POETRY
she said
decade gone sincer her menopause
famous american poetess
do you write FAMILY POETRY
she asked me

hell no
family is
the highest point
of suffering
on the tip of
the mountain
of sorrow
ice covered
could be a good
subject for a novel
or a short story
and that's it

poor old poetess
translated
into dozens of
languages
former fiancee
of one
great dead
beat
who used to
hit her
in the face

face
still sexy
despite age

nowadays
every poetess has
at least one book
out
about
her family
thousands of books like that
all identical