ROB MACDONALD





APALACHICOLA


The speedboat dragging
forty-two

waterproof chainsaws
destroys everything

in its wake.
After the nightmare ends,

the non-nightmare speedboat
has a name like

Destroyer of Everything
in its Wake


painstakingly painted
in gold flake,

Arial Narrow
with fuck-all-y’all kerning.



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MAGENTA SONG FOR D. BOON TO SING


You and your new business
partner, arm in arm,

late afternoon in Tulum,
right at home. Sand,

a sort of melting
consecration in bloom—

not just plastic bottle caps,
but O, familiar brand,

the real thing, the classic—
indebted, ascetic,

in genuflection.
Admit it, some credit

for this magenta sunset
does belong to Chevron.






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