Poem

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The Killer Whales Sing
by Ryan Dzelzkalns
and as if that fantastic animal we accommodate had itself such finely tuned ears, such searching eyes, so gifted a tongue and mind, as to know much and be quite willing to tell it…
~Michel Foucault
we are ocean and sky made small
we speak, that is, rule
we come from below in families and institutions
when we open our mouth, the world comes out
make no mistake here
we are obeyed, and yet, no one was there to invent us
somehow we suspect the dark, suffer our body with hunger
we know only the skin holds in your blood
we surround you, are exercised from innumerable points of light
we think of you like you do: singular, yearning
we are wolfwhistle; we are thrall
where there is power, there is resistance, and yet, there we are
(we, a confessional science)
we operate endlessly taboo and censorship
taste the world in every piece of flesh
the light shines for us and shines through us
the dark comes for us and comes through us
do not appear, if you want to disappear
About Ryan Dzelzkalns
Ryan Dzelzkalns is a Midwestern boy at heart. He has work appearing or forthcoming with Assaracus, Columbia Journal Online, the HIV Here and Now Project, Midwestern Gothic, Narrative, Revolver and others. He completed a BA at Macalester College where he received the Wendy Parrish Poetry Award and an MFA at NYU. This year he began working for the Academy of American Poets and one of his poems was nominated for the Independent Best American Poetry series. He is the tallest man in New York.
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we are ocean and sky made small
when we open our mouth, the world comes out
Killer phrases.