3 Poems by Rose Knapp

“Just Do Jour Jew”

Bullets backlash to
Nailed 99 theses
Burn like the Rasta
Laissez Pharisees

Black mailed Luther to
Blacker fashion Calvin
Pharos have Zero Zeno

Arabic Axioms Averroes
Or So Oslo the American
Aristocratic folkloric Tag
Smokestack proverbs Go

“DM & Either/Or DSM”

Taha––––I feel zoso out of place
Extremely traditional Machismo
Latino club on Cinco de Mayo
I am patted down like an airport
Like I Am here to shoot it up
Everyone is dressed to impress

Their neighborhood––––
But in a good way?––––

I tink Darfur I pass
At least I’m a faggot
Hipster that does not
Aim to purify anything
I am literally the only

Weiss bitch here––––
Heredity plays no major
Role in any LA art scenes
Essentially every person
Stares at me dancing like

I’m insane, which is proverbially
True according to tradition and
Indomitable Hollywood//DSM

“Dolores Hades”

Trumpets cigs sax smoke
Notes dart dissonant orders
Haiku harakiris kamikaze

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