The Desecration of Doves
By Arlene Ang
2005
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Contrary to the doctor's advice, I am taking calcium tablets the previous occupant lost behind the sideboard in the hall. He died alone in his sleep. After six years in the same apartment, my right leg still aches every time clouds come out. Studies say that's the secret we always come back for more. from "Conversation with My Femur" From the delicious allure of skinny-dipping to the love confessions of a diseased spleen, to an exiled Starfleet officer whose day job is in an adult strip club, Arlene Ang explores the complex machinations of human relationships and the characters behind them. Sometimes sensual and provocative, sometimes black-humored and surreal, the poems in The Desecration of Doves display her sharp technique and inimitable voice.
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Author
Arlene Ang
Author · 4 books
Arlene Ang's fourth full-length collection, "Banned for Life," was published by Misty Publications in 2014. She received the 2006 Frogmore Poetry Prize and the 2008 Juked Poetry Prize. Her poetry has been published in Ambit, Diagram, Painted Bride Quarterly, Poetry Ireland, Rattle, Salt Hill Journal, and Stand Magazine. She lives in Spinea, Italy.
