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Brandon Thomas DiSabatino: “tuscarawas river song.”

August 20, 2020 by PBQ Leave a Comment

“tuscarawas river song.”

 

born sightless but
going into focus

w/ the softness
of an acetylene flame –

your eyes, blue animals
running from their own reflection

(torn-into) as a mouth
w/ the gums gone        open:

for hog-tied whippoorwills
in mock poses of the living;

clouds balled w/ the fists
of arthritic gamblers;

naloxone canisters, clorox walls,
the hard asking of rain –

the rain
in the fashion of a human body

that does not fall
faster while laughing.

Filed Under: Issue 100, Poetry 100 Tagged With: Brandon Thomas DiSabatino

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