Tracey Knapp lives in San Francisco, where she works as a graphic designer. Her poems have appeared in No Tell Motel, the Carolina Quarterly "Emerging Voices" issue, and elsewhere.

The Feral Issue

ns 73-74 | Fall 2009/Spring 2010

The "Feral Issue" presents work by a range of people, from those who have been doing animal studies all along to those newly exploring the field. If it has a leaning, it is to build a cultural materialist account of animals in our world. We hope that the writing here will give our readers a sense of what animal studies is and where it's going, and also add some new voices to its course.

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Published Fall/Winter 2007

Blonde

by Tracey Knapp | ns 69

lipstick on the cucumbers         she couldn't keep her calves together
male gets delivered to the right box         she wasn't used to being in the front seat
bite marks on the steering wheel         why was she upset
when her tampon is behind her ear         she can't find her pencil         fired from her job
why did the blonde fail         call the welfare office         jump off a bridge
drive into the ditch         why did she scale the chain-link fence         break her leg
marks on her back         how did the blonde explain         have another beer
other guys waiting their turn         the more you bang it
how many does it take to screw         a blonde at a flashing red light
crawling across the street         when is it legal to shoot a blonde in the head
couldn't dial 911         when she wakes up on the floor
she gets dressed and goes home

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