~ On the Southwestern coast Nuevo Mexico weds Germany in pale peach chiffon. A red-bearded father drops acid then med school to mop mental
Through the small window in the low-ceilinged room a triangular swath of late-afternoon sun pulses past rooftops and colonnades. Rome stinks. The municipal sewer
These petals taking command, the flower pinned down and the work stops –your breath dragged back where it’s safe and in your lungs hides