A number of events conspired to prevent me from—
———————no, they didn’t

To an event there is no me

What there is———–is resistant

——————-Spin around—-Look
——————-nonchalant

A gull arcing out
————over the inlet is such
——————————–a long way to go

Two bananas, some apples

The offers——————–come pouring in

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Justin Marks’ first book of poems is A Million in Prizes (New Issues, 2009), and his latest chapbook is Best Practices (Greying Ghost, 2013). Recent work has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Barrelhouse, Leveler and Interrupture. He is a co-founder of Birds, LLC, an independent poetry press, and lives in Queens, NY with his wife and their 4 year-old twin son and daughter.