2019

Recall Benjamin’s angelus novus,
broad wings blown back by winds
from paradise, the sediment of time. […]

Wishin’ for thighs    thick
skin    callin’ me second

thought & third rail thin
built to sink & some […]

it will always be your fault:
his nose running
after that first dip
in the Atlantic,
his bruised elbow […]

Okay so you show up
& sign in on a sheet of paper
then slump into the common area
where you are greeted by the eaters & the non-eaters […]