Issue 12: Tim Kahl
Another Temple Awaits
photos of old Chinatown
confirm pickpocket of Coptic Pope
the first Algonquin saint
tries to stop tagger by
praying in archaic Spanish
rock star double mastectomy
seen as insurance against
those who enforce beak trim
the porn shoot inspection
revealed no condoms on thumbs
genitalia stripped of gang colors
rare infighting at swing dance club
escalates into intertribal Hmong scuffle
mystery money used as vote
for mandatory hijack
of futility initiative
another temple awaits
Habitat of Convenience
women paint crews
spray the culinary school walls
opt to send message
via food
not news
gang of rogue decorators
implicated in
conspiracy of side dishes
maintains lights on senior housing
audit of internet
finds more browsers
than subscribers
trespassers accept blurriness
directory of muralists
lists critical members
influenced by wind gusts
critic photos of kitchen sinks
retouched to show
wealthy families want
habitats of convenience
American Scones
American scones instruct
budget bills on
how to be glazed behemoths
retired consumers
migrate west
take out loans
at Home Depot
vampire factions compete
to plow under grasses
campuses damaged
when sky falls
interrupting fee structures
mud caked on
Easy Street
after reservoir spill
Dust Bowl memories swirl
in quicksand of distraction
weekend box office winner
elected to another new term
Cultural Center
Gordian knot of water, food,
and energy triggers network
of donated breast milk
lift chairs and scooters appear
at mid-morning service
for renewable energy
architect plans landfill
as cultural center
features new wind plumbing
phase one: concrete pads
cultured in Cuisinart
made kid-resistant by Mattel
excavation claw finds
toy diamond
at moral center of cathedral
Tim Kahl [http://www.timkahl.com] is the author of Possessing Yourself (CW Books, 2009) and The Century of Travel (CW Books, 2012). His work has been published in Prairie Schooner, Indiana Review, Ninth Letter, Notre Dame Review, The Journal, Parthenon West Review, and many other journals in the U.S. He appears as Victor Schnickelfritz at the poetry and poetics blog The Great American Pinup and the poetry video blog Linebreak Studios. He is also editor of Bald Trickster Press and Clade Song. He is the vice president and events coordinator of The Sacramento Poetry Center. He also has public installations in Nevada City {http://unmannedminerals.com/2013/08/22/it-calls-from-the-creek/} and in Sacramento {In Scarcity We Bare The Teeth} [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickele/11129585563/] [http://www.sacmetroarts.org/documents/FullPoems.pdf]. He currently houses his father's literary estate—one volume: Robert Gerstmann's book of photos of Chile (1932).
