Ben Lerner is the author of three poetry collections, The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw, and Mean Free Path, and of three novels, Leaving the Atocha Station, 10:04, and The Topeka School. Lerner teaches in the writing program at Brooklyn College.

Selections from Angle of Yaw

by Ben Lerner

No matter how big you make a toy, a child will find
a way to put it in his mouth. There is scarcely a piece of play-

ground equipment

that has not been inside a child’s mouth. However, the object
responsible for the greatest number of choking deaths, for

adults as well

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