Knott, Bill 1975
My Favorite Angel
…do not mock us with examples
of breach, morals of escape –
indeed, as further punishment
our cells from side to side…
– Bill Knott, “Stretch”
Those scars rooted me. Stigmata stalagmite
I sate at a drive-in and watched the stars
Through a straw while the Coke in my lap went
Waterier and waterier. For days on end or
– Bill Knott, “The Consolations of Sociobiology”
Read this interview with Bill Knott from Book Slut:
http://www.bookslut.com/features/2005_02_004302.php