Better to resign
by Cristina Trujillo
[ poetry - april 12 ]
He had received the
Letter when he came home
After Tipton borough
Held words in caskets and
Shrouded them by the
Dozen in numerical signs,
Depicting the ease of
Distinction or acid reflux
In 70s Doncaster,
Leeds was written;
His eyes closed in terror.
Left Yarmouth held
His breath for a minute,
A manger away from the
Governing body.
When he got back
To Japan the world had
Closed its eyes to him and
The governing body
Raised its platform
Of starry semantics -
Better to resign.
2
Tramp,
Follow once,
Restorm mud,
Complete the circle,
Break, redraw,
Hanging couture
From hooks in
The atmosphere,
And dangling snaps,
You mark the time,
Watch then pass,
A signalled delay,
Furthermore.
Grasses sink,
Into my brightest eye,
Hot as a wheezing cat,
Aware of distant keening.
The smoothness of ten,
Of deft apertures.
Lichen to arrange.
