Adam Edelman studied Japanese religions at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. He received an MFA in poetry at the University of Texas New Writers Project (2016) and lives in Austin.

National Geographic

by Adam Edelman

First I approximate the stampede patterns of gazelles
With a piece of sidewalk chalk, then the smell of myrtle.

I wear a crown of smokestacks just to be provocative.
The slats are crowded with statues and crumbs.
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