Night Piece


carrion • doubling • the man in the Rite-Aid wearing your face • and your gone hat •
pitching inland • I saw a coyote walking a paved path • and not diverting • at summer’s
near dusk • this one, then that one • all shapes line up to lose their color










were I to point to it • my double nature would • take up alignment with • deception,
(seizing) • pathetic fallacies • the meteorite damages • means to an – • and I can’t grasp •
the robot delivering food in the snow • becomes unable • for traction • and must
be helped along • up the hill










Prometheus in motion • or else • flicker here, book not bird • otherworld into my papercut •
the mining architect • the line inching each turn • his tub of clay • coming into view •
and his tools • I wait on my beard to come in • to have some use










rain glare • dive in • I have (a notion) • outside of the second
hand store for outdoorsmen • halo puddle • diminishing • I conjure
your reflection • to worry at • phenomena • what have you
returned to • winter losing its progress little by • big flat cloud










broken code • your underbelly • mixed with • whatever you were
wearing • on the shore • I tugged the line • to an empty net • lit
litany • Mississippi inlet • I could name nothing • small sky • through
the trees • smaller sky • wind and wind • I’m fluent in • no needs
kept • sweeping out