Dana’s Reviews > Ecstasy: Poems > Status Update

the provocation is that the poet is gay and evil— (evil as in vile to women of color)— which historically is not a provocation. And that your ex loves him for saying parties are necessary, cigarettes are necessary. but lately i’ve been equating mastery with outpouring (I’m writing this in a downpour in Burnsville). thinking craft is not on the line level but something more sinister