MATRIX by Matt Bialer
Our now
20 year old daughter Izzy
Wanted no part
In this operation
No part
She stayed
In her room
So the monster
Of grief
Wouldn’t get her
So I was trying
To figure out
What Izzy might want
In the future
She’d want
Something of you
I figured
Something of you
The monster
Of grief
Sometimes
I thought about
Going back
To the store
To see if your clothing
Was still there
On the racks
Excavate you
But I never did
And the store itself
Is now gone
Extinct
20 year old daughter Izzy
Wanted no part
In this operation
No part
She stayed
In her room
So the monster
Of grief
Wouldn’t get her
So I was trying
To figure out
What Izzy might want
In the future
She’d want
Something of you
I figured
Something of you
The monster
Of grief
Sometimes
I thought about
Going back
To the store
To see if your clothing
Was still there
On the racks
Excavate you
But I never did
And the store itself
Is now gone
Extinct
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matt Bialer is the author of dozens of poetry books, including VIEW-MASTER LAND (Finishing Line Press, 2023), MAZE(Finishing Line Press, 2021), and ALWAYS SAY GOODNIGHT (KYSO Flash, 2020). His poems have also appeared in many print and online journals, including Retort, Le Zaporogue, Green Mountains Review, Gobbet, Forklift Ohio, and H_NGM_N. In addition, Matt is an acclaimed black-and-white street photographer who has exhibited his work widely. Some of his images are in the permanent collections of The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of the City of New York, and The New York Public Library. He is also an accomplished watercolor landscape painter with works in many private collections.
Matt Bialer is the author of dozens of poetry books, including VIEW-MASTER LAND (Finishing Line Press, 2023), MAZE(Finishing Line Press, 2021), and ALWAYS SAY GOODNIGHT (KYSO Flash, 2020). His poems have also appeared in many print and online journals, including Retort, Le Zaporogue, Green Mountains Review, Gobbet, Forklift Ohio, and H_NGM_N. In addition, Matt is an acclaimed black-and-white street photographer who has exhibited his work widely. Some of his images are in the permanent collections of The Brooklyn Museum, The Museum of the City of New York, and The New York Public Library. He is also an accomplished watercolor landscape painter with works in many private collections.
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Publication Date: October 2, 2023
Paperback: $18.00 Publisher: Saint Julian Press, Inc. Language: English Paperback: 88 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-955194-19-8 For an advance copy, contact: Ron Starbuck or Max Bialer. |
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