red poppies pierce the dense scent
of unused sky lingering through
the decay of books and flesh
sunburned arms pour into callused
fingers attached to coils of twine \u2014
Clean Monday kites
holidays find little ankles
with frilly white socks
laced tightly in patent leather
men in olive groves
in search of breath & heirs
belong to Clean Mondays
Argy Koutsothanasis is a poet and creative director based in Queens, New York. She is the great-niece of Markos Vamvakaris, the father of Greek rebetiko music, and descends from a family of artists rooted in Syros \u2014 her great-grandfather was a poet. After two decades in fashion and sports media, she is returning to poetry and completing her first manuscript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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