Sometimes I go on for hours
about things I’ve wished or refused
time is without my conscience
beginning at the end of violence
the wire jutting out
of shattered concrete
shrinking at the elements
twisting free of the cement
is a word in place
of a mirror—
Or shattered glass
covered in plaster and ash where
the wire jutting out
of stained lime is a reflection.
(2024)
Strike Out,
St. Louis
Written by: Kam Reo
Edited by: Brook Wang
