1
“crack life open”
the ad proposes
2
the Whitney Museum, “a
glittery emblem of
new urban capital”
3
the subway’s “passengers”
become “customers”
4
the deconsecrated
church becomes a
nightclub, a boutique,
a furniture store, a gym
5
the internet is the
software and the
gun is the hardware
6
the Festival features a
“poetry brothel”
7
“Margin,” we say.
“We have no margin.”
from To the RiverFind more by Michael O’Brien at the library
Copyright © Michael O’Brien
Used with the permission of Flood Editions.