Mark Young- Three Poems

in their vibration

A failure to distinguish the

ways that cells of different

species react to food in a post-

colonial context reveals only

that TV viewers tend to regard

the concept of the resurrected

child as just another act of

biomimicry performed by

humans with a similar mindset

to that which circus animals use

when imitating anything de-

signed with a cosmic reference.

A line from William Wordsworth

If you're not comfortable with

basic geometry, then pool is not

a simple game. The distinction

between simulating & actually

having a mind creates a problem

in the health care industry—

worked around only by including

translations in the supporting

information—but can start your

acting career in just one year. Un-

remembered acts can be overcome

by the effective use of visual aids.

For your next makeover

You can paint your bed-

room green—it has a

calming effect when used

as the primary color. But

an environmentally-aware

bedroom will eventually

become stale. Going out

with your girlfriends for

eggs benedict makes your

blueberries even healthier.

Fantasy is a great way

to ramp up a tired libido.

Bio note

Mark Young is the editor of Otoliths, lives in a small town in North Queensland in Australia, & has been publishing poetry for more than fifty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, primarily text poetry but also including speculative fiction, vispo, & art history. His work has been widely anthologized, & his essays & poetry translated into a number of languages. His most recent books are Bandicoot habitat & lithic typology, both from gradient books of Finland.  An e-book, The Holy Sonnets unDonne has just come out from Red Ceilings Press, & another e-book, For the Witches of Romania, is due out from Beard of Bees.