Status Updates From 50 Things Kate Bush Taught ...

2 back to back were excellent - 50 Inciting Incidents and Sometimes a Guy Named Kevin Launches His Raft in Your River.

you shimmer
through your plainness...
& if your glamour is real, you bring
your own lamplight
& everything you say sharks
through the room

from the poem on p64
If Your Glamour is Real

Meanwhile, under the microphone
pond scum cells shimmer

from the poem
I Stand Outside This Woman's Work
p50

Cry all you want, but don't ask questions.
Whatever you do, don't let go
of the polar bears neck

from the poem on p31
On the Dubious Honor of being Prettiest

I know some Humiliations
will never touch bottom.

from the poem on p26
You See, I'm All Grown Up Now

because you've continued to swim
you are an insufficient witness
to the floundering ship
of your own suffering.

from the poem No Corroborating Evidence p33

& if your talk is Real, you will gain Respect
& if your talk is Magic, you will gain a Realm

from the poem Witches Be Everywhere p15