‘...there deep as all rebellions shine
the Virgin Mother’s cast-iron eyes...’

--V. Khl*bnikov, “Lightland”

  “...prepared vistas extend
As far as harvest; and idyllic death
Where fish at dawn ignite the powdery lake.”

--G*offr*y Hill (1959)

    “...the idea
that the picture might be doctored:

it’s the false monster in the lake
known as George Washington.”

--Ra* Armantrout (2004)

“When satire becomes impossible, only impossible pens will write satire.” --Irma V*p, Op*ration Fanciful Nam*