Second Proposition
I have it in my head to be good to you
(it has woken me up before)
It’s an imperfect duty, I know
(two hands or feet on the same color
—a bit of protein before exercise)
When did safe travel become mundane?
(it can be broken down)
Dear everyone
(make sure she knows you have a grip
on the theory)
with enormous wings: Maybe I’ll write with you in mind.
(I will not list.)
white-marked spot—
(the “ought” disappears— )
Keep in mind where the story begins.
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Clarisse Hart is an editorial intern at The Atlantic Monthly and teaches research writing at Emerson College, where she is finishing her MFA thesis, a series of profiles, this year. Originally from Tennessee, she got her BA from Mount Holyoke, where she was trained as a biologist. Since graduation she has intermittently done whale and spider research at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies and the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. In her free time, she sings with the New England Conservatory and races outrigger canoes. She lives in Jamaica Plain, MA, with her new wife. This is her first creative publication.
