(Codex) Applies to Oranges, by Maureen Thorson, applies to us as well

Has any title aspired to do so much as Applies to Oranges, a false substitution from the start? Apples just an autocorrect away. Applies a somewhat more serious turn. The full-length poem from Maureen Thorson, a gorgeous looking thing from Ugly Duckling Presse (2011) feels the distinction deeply. What are the applications of an orange? Its rules and limitations? What is its language? Its 'peculiar gesture of loss'? 'Once I suffered by a fetish for certain words' Tho...

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