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[gregsantospoet]

Floored by this new review of BLACKBIRDS on @goodreads! It’s an honour to have my writing compared to the likes of @ocean_vuong and Sarah Howe. 😮🙏 Thanks to all who have left their thoughts on my writing on venues like Amazon and Goodreads. It means the world to me! . . . #gregsantos #blackbirdspoetry #poetry #poetsofinstagram #sarahhowe #oceanvuong #eyewearbooks #goodreads #goodreadsreview #bookreview #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #npm19 #nationalpoetrymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwj9BnQgCyi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u3zlodyqynhg

[rainsalesman]

MONOPOLY (AFTER ASHBERY) I keep everything until the moment it’s needed. I am the glint in your bank manager’s eye. I never eat cake in case of global meltdown. I am my own consolation. I have a troubled relationship with material things: I drop my coppers smugly in the river. (I do everything with an unbearable smugness.) I propose a vote of thanks. I make small errors in your favour. Sometimes I pretend nothing is wrong. I won second prize in a beauty contest. I am yellowing at the edges. I was last seen drawing the short straw. I hang about tragically on street corners, where I hand out cards that read: if you see I am struggling to lift this card, please, do not help me. -Sarah Howe

http://www.thewhitereview.org/poetry/monopoly-after-ashbery/