Becca Klaver
People Are Saying Things Again
people are saying things about
Canada & France & Argentina
maybe los desaparecidos = us
quizás, quizás, quizás. . . .
maybe the host grandma
calling me pura americana
maybe The Island School
maybe baby
it’s time to zip up yr bags
& come home
to my folk song
where the nights are felted
with plenty of gutters
to do the catchwork
while I smash my cheek
hot to the window
to show the world
I care what’s next
WE CROSSED the vast exurban plain
We went to the big box down the lane
It was general
There were provisions available
We went to the big box for to find us a pony
We could no longer see anything
we weren’t looking for
Every day in every way
We went to the general store
The Machine Does End
I say to the tinny beeps in the houseâ
my friend is not here, nor do I have any
further information
and you may not train your spyglass
on my dreams
Becca Klaver is the author of the poetry collection LA Liminal (Kore Press, 2010) and the chapbooks Inside a Red Corvette: A 90s Mix Tape (greying ghost, 2009), Merrily, Merrily (forthcoming, Lame House), and Nonstop Pop (forthcoming, Bloof). With Andrew Koszewski, she wrote Seer / Sucka (Dusie, 2011). Becca has a BA from the University of Southern California and an MFA from Columbia College Chicago, and is currently a PhD candidate at Rutgers University, where she is writing a dissertation on experimental women’s poetry, feminism, and the everyday. She co-founded Switchback Books and serves on the Outreach Committee for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Born and raised in Milwaukee, WI, she now lives in Brooklyn, NY.