Last child to come inside / Michelle Desbarats.

Poems.

God and Brussels Sprouts -- Garden -- The Trapeze -- Every Night Sleeping with the Nailed Door -- The Births of my Sisters -- Doing Makeup -- Cherry Belly -- Driving -- Box Ride -- Countryside So Green -- Lobster Supper Party -- The Park -- Christmas Ornament -- Lip Marks -- Sliced Peaches -- Desire -- Morning Glories -- Visit -- Fire -- The Deal -- The Night Picasso Became My Red Velvet Dress -- Y. -- Someone in the Upstairs Apartment -- The Collector -- Dreaming of You -- Night for Falling -- Walking in the Desert -- Men's Coats -- Taste -- Lunch -- Peas -- When I Lived Among Birds -- My Guardian Angel is Teaching Me How to Play Pool -- In Bermuda -- Smoking the Girl Guide Basket -- Choosing a Counter -- Intelligent Men -- Bread -- Penguins -- Fair -- Gordon -- Nickels -- Jessica -- Taking -- Promises -- Calling the Loons -- Showering With the Japanese -- Red Horses -- Fall -- My Mother's Desk.

These are poignant, at times strangely quirky entries into a world filled with sharpness, the sense of imminent danger, and a sensual urge that seems to sweep all danger before it. The border between exterior and interior life is diffuse ... one can find oneself in unexpected places.

Two little girls in yellow dresses who are never seen again, Jesus and Elvis vacationing in Bermuda, a town after the fair has gone, women showering after a swim, Picasso becoming a red velvet dress: these are just a few of the images conjured in Michelle's first collection.

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