Bang, Mary Jo

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University of Montana

CutBank Volume 1 Issue 52 CutBank 52 Article 8 Fall 1999 The Novel in Three Chapters Mary Jo Bang Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Bang, Mary Jo (1999) "The Novel in Three Chapters," CutBank: Vol. 1 : Iss. 52 , Article 8. Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank/vol1/iss52/8 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in CutBank by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. M ary Jo BangT h e  C racked  Jar  C alled  C a n  I t  B e  T a u g h t ?After ten years o f seeking, light was thrownover a side o f the boat and the whole wasn’t what we expected:was not white, had no eyes but behemoth teeth—Quelles dentes, Granny. Be advised: A boulder is gravel to glacier and snow is where you left it in the shade o f seeing a summer’s residence.The building was like a cake, wedding o f wished and fulfillment.Two dreams: in one, a mouse hands back a wolf-totem from Warsaw, saying: This is your Grandm other’s husband,a painter of small crucifixions, influenced by Grisand perhaps by Braque; the other was a hand wiping a smudgefrom a face. Can it be felt? This caring.From a semblance o f sun, a clown drops his face painted yellow to match fire when it flares, the sound of heat in a flue.Sit in the chair covered with please and let me touch you.O boat house o f ester ore, what can you teach us o f keeping?It cannot be taught.36 Fall 1999

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