New Theory of Ruin Value
Peter Milne Greiner
It is logical that I give
this to you because you want it and I
do not That being said it comes
not without the usual caveats
that tend to agglomerate at the heart
of such talismans Caveats are hidden
meanings and embarrassments
we offer our keen awareness of in
advance—to eligible parties
I present them to you
here in order of appearance
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Peter Milne Greiner's poems and essays have appeared in Fence, OMNI Reboot, Leveler, Coldfront, Whole Beast Rag, Sound Literary Magazine, and elsewhere. In June of 2013 he sent a poem into space through the Jamesburg Earth Station in Carmel Valley, California. He lives in Brooklyn.