vulture visit

After a poem is left for dead, it’s still possible to pick through the corpse for some bones and morsels.

those who come after

Let us praise the après-garde, those who come after with brooms & dustpans, sweeping up the debris left behind when others blasted forward, salvaging this scrap & that bit, making simple things from their leavings.

salvage operation

Poet, be a language salvager.

salvage operation

I could salvage only a few words and phrases from the wreckage of the poem.