old orange
ball bounces up
from the gutter
into the gap
sky whitens
bird cries crackle
along wire—
I am not
sun when I rise
from humped horizon
if I attempt
a vertical /
my brazen old
body blocks
window-spill—
life with wings
folded inside
still dark
decision
will make
if when
orange ball reprises
if when
what is real
breaks—
until if/when
do not wake
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 16, Issue 4.
Jude Marr is originally from Scotland. She is currently a teaching fellow at Georgia College, where she is soon to complete a poetry MFA. Jude’s work has appeared in The Cortland Review, r.kv.ry., and Black Heart Magazine, among others. She is also an assistant editor at the online journal Ghost Ocean. For more information, check out jude-marr.squarespace.com
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