In a vi(olent)tal momentall lan(guage)dis called mi(ne)ne—not the ki(ndling)ndthat opens de(nature)epinto Earth, ra(pe)therthe Earth is for(gotten)cibly removedfrom its unde(velopment)rpinnings,blasted so the lig(ament)htof day sh(rieks)ineson se(crets)questered minerals.Pull the threa(t)dof fuel. Fi(nance)llthe hoppers of the po(wer)or.No one should brea(ch)thethat dust, with its par(asites)ticulatesthat travel d(ementia)irectlyto the ne(utralize)uronsand plu(nder)g themlike hai(l Mary)r in the drain.
Doing Violence to the Language: Mountaintop Removal
Kelly Lenox
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Kelly Lenox (she, her) is the author of The Brightest Rock (2017), which won honorable mention for the 2018 Brockman-Campbell Book Award. New work appears in Cold Mountain Review, Gargoyle, SWWIM, Hearth and Coffin, EcoTheo Review, Blue Heron Review, Cathexis Northwest and elsewhere in the U.S., U.K., Ireland and Slovenia. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Kelly holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is an editor for the scholarly journal Environmental Health Perspectives, published by the National Institutes of Health. (www.kellylenox.com)
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