J B Kalf

The Pennsylvanian Period

Paleontologists lick their samples
to distinguish rocks from
bones. The spit sticks
to the calcium shards.

I want this—somehow,
to know the taste
of extinction and resurrection
and to grow familiar with vacancy.

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J B Kalf is currently slipping on ice. Has been published or is forthcoming within Beaver Magazine, Travesties!?, Poetry Lab Shanghai, BULL, Roi Faineant, Hot Pot Magazine, Does It Have Pockets, The Hooghly Review and elsewhere. Palm frond fanatic and prefers limes to lemons. Can be found at Twitter or Tumblr @enchilada89