Monday, September 21, 2026

a wet nose that startles

I

I think it was the newness 

of the Other that beckoned 

‘cause what was was not 

working into exhaustion 

living at the speed of light 


II

yet here in the Other 

every day I feel drugged 

down, perseverance 

through the sheer will

of little Caprica

and a wet nose that startles 


III

someday when the river calls 

the ferryman will find me 

any which way I go…