Armature

a call
two arms
akimbo Arms and
the gentlemen at arms
length armed to
the teeth arm candy armed
struggle with open arms
inspection give my
right arm strong-arm
bear arms babe
in arms take up
arms shot In the Arms
of an Angel up
in arms up arms
up arms up arm-in-
arm twisting
my arm A Farewell
to brothers
in arms These Arms
of one-
armed bandit with one
arm tied
behind my back the long arm of the law
costs an arm and a leg

From Year of the Dog (BOA Editions, 2020) by Deborah Paredez. Copyright © 2020 by Deborah Paredez. Used with permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of BOA Editions, Ltd., boaeditions.org.