I believe this interview, printed in the Feb/March 1998 issue of the Poetry Project Newsletter [#168], was a rapprochement meeting for me and Bernadette.
— Read on www.poetryproject.org/publications/newsletter/272-spring-2023-for-bernadette-mayer/an-interview-with-bernadette-mayer

Out there, looking for an editor.  

deeper down 
deeper risk
deeper lives
deeper things 
deeeper notes
steeper steps 
don’t u know
what comes 
next? 

Capital violently forces dispossessed people into markets, workplaces, and prisons. But such forced meetings could end capitalism itself.
— Read on www.publicbooks.org/let-us-gather-together/

it’s a double murder

freedom rides we
need to ride 

it’s a double murder
first they kill you in the street
then they kill you on the screen
it’s a double murder 

freedom dreams 
need to dream 

it’s a multi-jeopardy 
they can kill you
six ways from sunday 
on the subway
it’s a jeopardy