GUNNISON

for a downrank
boychik
off’ring himself
up
the
cloudy
navesink

pickedup
wrongmask
(the
mask
umma
savin’)
your pitssmell
on my
schnoz
that
whole workday
mornin’

FreakFolk
Revival
of the
Early Naughts

quite en
meshed
in the
poetics

of Donne’s
Flea

(but
more
tick
on
yer
prick
and with
much less
glee)

let us
wash in
the
black
water

scratched

by
thistle
and
vetiver

for an upright
ragazzo
as languid as
a Bronzino
hand
on
hip
relaxed in
contrapposto

on all
fours we
are
grazing
on
early
summer
bluff

of crispleafed
cardoon
(what a loon!
to’ve
left so soon)
plantbased
macaroon assspanked
by wooden
spoon

peacock
beak
in bearded
mouth
husband
who
tends
boyfriend
who
frowns

helpmeet
who
bends
lover
who
plows

TURBO FOLK

wine store clerk
warns
me ‘gainst
unfiltered wine
but:
please :
I eat ass
for days
on—!
through out this
Bosnian
Littoral
spi ral
score d
ce
ment
col umns
arrrrre
cor
kscrewwwsssss
stripped
down
jagged
facedl
ike
toast
utilitarian
ness
of
this part
of the
littoral
adore it
all
the adder
all pip!
of
this ecst a tic
Turbo Folk
for the lipanditscurl
for the absence
of the lockswhorl

Mark Faunlagui was born in the Philippines, grew up in New Jersey and New York, and graduated from Cornell University. He is an architect in New York City, and lives in Jersey City. Poems appear in Fence, Omniverse, The Corduroy Mtn, Assaracus, The New Engagement, White Stag, Broken Lens Journal, Quarter Notes, Oscillations, By the WAYE and The Red Wheelbarrow. He has been a featured poet in readings throughout the NYC area, including the NYC Poetry Festival (2024 + 2025). His books ON SOME HISPANOLUSIO MINIATURISTS (1913 Press/2018), MAJNUN (Roof Books/Fall 2028) and PORN W/OUT SEX (Fence Books/Fall 2027) form THE THIRD WORLD LOVER TRILOGY.