A.M. Brant

2 poems


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Tender


.........You’re too fat to
.........thighs too thick to

.........belly butterflied
hinged to your back
.........breasts, leftovers
to play with—I’ve got my mallet

..................I’m ready to
make you good enough to


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Ectomy


what is built into back
.........beyond bone beyond
the being of discs
.........stacked gills ending low
inside the inside, between
.........back and front and
front and back, there
.........lower still, lumbar,
crowbar pry the lip
.........pull inside outside
under the tree
.........in moon view
stand up straight
.........this might hurt

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return to sawbuck 4.2

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A. M. Brant is a current MFA candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. She is originally from Indiana but now lives in Pittsburgh’s Southside with her dog, Maddie. Her work has recently appeared in Invisible City.