They and We Will Get into Trouble for This

"In Anna Moschovakis's plainspoken, accessible, deeply contemporary poetry, language becomes the visible architecture of ideas. From "Paradise (film two)":/ Being raised in science / under the sign of logic / I never understood how certain / promises / could be made / I could say "I promise / that unless something unexpected happens / I will do the dishes every night / this week" / I was very literal / especially with my lovers / I could say "I love you today" / but not "I will love you tomorrow" /"--