Spaar, Lisa Russ

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Birmingham Poetry Review Volume 45 BPR - Spring 2018 Article 91 2018 Copperhead Madrigal Lisa Russ Spaar Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/bpr  Part of the Creative Writing Commons, and the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Spaar, Lisa Russ (2018) "Copperhead Madrigal," Birmingham Poetry Review: Vol. 45, Article 91. Available at: https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/bpr/vol45/iss2018/91 This content has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of the UAB Digital Commons, and is provided as a free open access item. All inquiries regarding this item or the UAB Digital Commons should be directed to the UAB Libraries Office of Scholarly Communication. B P R     1 8 1 Lisa Russ SpaarCopperhead MadrigalShuddered, the grin its body wrests,cloven by axe in the drive,a braided, lanyard jump-ropedropped asudden by sweated fists.Run. As if called home from playto dinner, neon pylons ignitingthe paisley blueprint of suburbia.But no. This is the old country,&, as in dreams, all gelid wrists,your weapon hangs, a slowing pendulumabove oozing parts the dog, in hackles, huffing, cannot resist.Did you think the soul could live thus,the body severed from its wanderlust?1Spaar: Copperhead MadrigalPublished by UAB Digital Commons, 2024

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