JULY/AUGUST 2007
Spit
I spit on the hall where I live–I spit into the future hour
and walk into the grocery store
and think I am dying as they are dying–
the young
with their fake cleavages and fake fingernails and fake-colored hair–that cheap
looking flock
down the beer aisle
I follow the lavenders in their hair
and spit on the lot as I exit
— Christine Garren
About the Author
Christine Garren's most recent book is The Piercing. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award in poetry.
