Poems by Ben Nardolilli

Literary Revelations is thrilled to present you with the poetry of Ben Nardolilli. We hope you enjoy it and wish you wonderful weekend.

Bio

Ben Nardolilli is currently an MFA candidate at Long Island University. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Door Is a Jar, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, The Northampton Review, Slab, and The Minetta Review. Please follow his publishing journey at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com.

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A Universal Production

A body in rest becomes ugly, hideous in ways
No compliments can cure,
At the shore of a desk, it twists and bends
With shoulders taking on the angles of an ox,
And legs swelling as an alleged cushion
Cuts into the circulation,
Meanwhile the pits miraculously begin
To cry even though the air is managed,
The eyes fade, of course, as the lenses dull
The back curves of words,
And the brow turns to a furrow harvesting faults,
What happens to the heart
Is unseen, a rumor for doctors to suspect,
Until an autopsy reveals a candelabra of clogs

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Renewable Every Hour, Pending Availability

Sneezing my way forward
along the shoreline, and looking up
at the lights of the towers ahead,
a quick azimuth tells me I am lost

Low tide, one less moist horror,
until I trip over on the mud
wishing there could be some snow
if there is going to be all this cold

A kiss with the depths avoided,
something to be happy about,
even if the dirt cannot be dusted off
the knee hurts, but it can bend

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