The Alcestis Machine Environmental Chemistry and her private investigation business

and her private investigation business is months away from folding

and photographers

and in the dream that he's never let go

Water cannot be taken for granted anymore--and that includes sewage

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The Alcestis Machine Environmental Chemistry and her private investigation businessInspired by the Greek myth of Alcestis, this poetry collection brings to life myriad voices who venture beyond the known world and exist between realities. In Greek mythology, Alcestis descends to the mysterious kingdom of death in her beloved's place. In The Alcestis Machine, Carolyn Oliver's second poetry collection, loss and queer desire echo across the multiverse. "In another life, I'm a . . ." sea witch or swineherd, vampire or troubadour,