the winter anthology
Vol. 12
G.H. Plaag
from “Rotogravure,
Soft”
i was reminded
of a deathless place
in fargo, north dakota
imperiously soft
laughingly intractable
called bonanzaville
which featured
as though related
many uprooted buildings
granaries & firehouses
gathered as a curio
from different epochs,
more total
for its asynchronous claim
against ownership
the telephone wires
bearded with curlew
the centuries folded
an image in the telegraph
office
of the great fargo fire
which burned almost
the whole city
the firemen’s hoses
choking out water
which froze as ghosts
in the sub-zero
crashing, i imagine
as a fine diamond mist