Seguin, Andrew

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University of Montana

CutBank Volume 1 Issue 79 CutBank 79 Article 39 Fall 2013 Some Air Asks for Nomenclature Andrew Seguin 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 Seguin, Andrew (2013) "Some Air Asks for Nomenclature," CutBank: Vol. 1 : Iss. 79 , Article 39. Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank/vol1/iss79/39 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. A N D R E W  S E G U I NS O M E  A I R  ASKS F O R  N O M E N C L A T U R EI he  w i n d o w  c u r t a i n  p o t b e l l i e s  w i t h  w i n d  a n d  I see g h o s t s  go  l o o k i n g  for  a m a r k e t i n g  d e p a r t m e n t ,b u t  we  are  d o n e  w i t h  t h e  d e a d  in t h i s  h o u s e  t o d a y — h y m n s  gave  t h e m  e n o u g h  r e f r a i n ,  a n d  t h e  l i l ieswdl t i ng  as t h e  fall wi l t s  lit  s u r f aces  w h e r e  o p t i c  p l e a s u r e  b u r n s  l o n g ,  b e f o r e  o u t .  N o t  t h a t  weh a v e n ’t b e e n  h a u n t e d ,  o r  s o u g h t  it l ike a g e m  o f  p a r a d o x  to k e e p  p r o d u c t i o n  g o i n g  w h e n  g o i n gp r o d u c e d  t h e  f ee l i ng  t o o  m u c h  h a d  g o n e ;we  a n o i n t e d  p o r c u p i n e s  t o  b e a r  q u e r i e s  b a c k  f r o m  t h e  s p i n d l yu n d e r w o r l d ,  o r  o v e r w o r l d ,  o r  ful l  s t op ,  b l ack .C a t - t o p p l e d  s c u l p t u r e  s u b m i t t e d  i tself  as e v i d e n c e  t h a t  d e a t hw a s n ’t d o n e  w i t h  us yet ,  w h i c h  i t ’s n o t ,  b u t  I a d m i t  I a l ways  h a d  a s t u d e n t  m i s t r u s t  o f  t h e  s u b s t i t u t ea n d  k n e w  to d u p e  t h e  g u e s t  f r o m  g u e s s i n g  m y  g i ven  n a m e ,  a n d  n o w  I ’ve g i ven  th i s  h o u s e  a h o u s ew h e r e  ai r  e m b a l m s  a m u m  a n d  s l eep p r e c e d e s  m e r e  b r e a d  a n d  pe a c he s .In c o m e s  q u i n c e  o n  t h e  w i n d ,  m o r e  d i v i d e n d s .

Some Air Asks for Nomenclature

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