guantanamo

is envisioning a heaven making a hell
is my heaven your hell
is my heaven your broken river
first there was a book called Devotions
then a book called Attention
a book called Mirror
can I bear to read it
can I bear one fully sensate word
uncovered, broken open like the atom

Meredith Stricker | My Paradise Is A Field >>
Contents | Mudlark No. 54  (2014)