BI-ALPHABETICAL ORDER
—poetry by John Burgess

BI-ALPHABETICAL ORDER

bi-a matter bi-birthright (right?)
bi-cell division bi-Darwinism
bi-effectual intellectualize
bi-family bi-genetics (bi-o-genetics)
bi-heterosexual coupling bi-i-i-i-i-i
bi-jeezus (skin's not a sin)
bi-kin bi-legalize bi-marriage
bi-nary bi-ology bi-path (2 paths)
bi-quarter (or eighth) bi-racial
bi-sect (don't di- sect) bi-tolerant
bi-unilateral bi-valve bi-what?
bi-x bi-y bi-zooks (you & I)!


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Seattle poet John Burgess has two books from Ravenna Press, Punk Poems (2005) and A History of Guns in the Family (2008). He was a 2006 Jack Straw writer; co-founder of the Burning Word Festival; and the 2008 Words' Worth curator for the Seattle City Council. He's currently editor for the online lit journal Snow Monkey.