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[ellajam]

Hi, Andy, welcome to the site. For me, this was like a jigsaw puzzle and some of the pieces have slipped under the couch. I like the title. in the first two lines the lack of punctuation made the incomplete sentence of the first line awkward for me, but if you put a colon or dash  after Montana you'd probably have to continue with punctuation which you seem not to want to do, so I'm unsure of how to resolve this. I'm not sure why Montana matters.

In Line 3 I can't imagine where you're putting them up or what the question mark is about. The specifics about the hotels lead me to think hotel is not a metaphor which leads me to think how do you get away with being indignant about your responses? I am obviously confused.

In line 7 I'm not sure why you need ignimbrite, what else would the deposits of  explosive magmatic gasses be? I am uneducated in Geology and for all I know there are other types of deposits but for a reader like me this is as far as I can get putting the definitions together.

So, despite my lack of success with this poem I felt it was interesting enough to give it a try. I hope my comments help in some way.

Fake ID

The inlier rocks of the thrust faults in Montana

I identify myself to you

I put up confusing isotypes which make it seem like I am dreaming of the question mark

When in actuality I'm giving out information pamphlets regarding the inurned ashes of historic hotels

Inquiries answered daily about the Plaza in New York or the Tremont House of Boston

My indignant answers go unquestioned for ages

Like ignimbrite deposits from once explosive magmatic gasses

They end up itemized like a to do list

I call it my great imbroglio

Distraction unnerves my identity