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Myself, as Distinct from Vagueness · Amorak Huey
$10.00
12×10.5, printed on 100% recycled linen paper.
Signed limited edition of 10.
Set in Mrs. Eaves.
Archive-quality glassine envelope included.
Read excerpts
What is the opposite of a stone?
What is the opposite of silk?
Skin — a bare neck — the feather
of the passing winter crow
one sees as one lifts eyes
to a mist-strung sky in hope.
How much can one
body carry? I stand
outside myself, fight
against vanishing.
What is the opposite of fog?
Who I am, what I want.
Skin — feather — your hands
at my throat, tenderly.
The rattle of a key.
That sky, unlocking.
What is the opposite of silk?
Skin — a bare neck — the feather
of the passing winter crow
one sees as one lifts eyes
to a mist-strung sky in hope.
How much can one
body carry? I stand
outside myself, fight
against vanishing.
What is the opposite of fog?
Who I am, what I want.
Skin — feather — your hands
at my throat, tenderly.
The rattle of a key.
That sky, unlocking.
About the Author
Amorak Huey is author of four books of poems including Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (Sundress Publications, 2021). Co-founder with Han VanderHart of River River Books, Huey teaches writing at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. He also is co-author with W. Todd Kaneko of the textbook Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury, 2018) and the chapbook Slash/Slash (Diode, 2021).
