Our object of focus requires living

She writes, “The West begins
where the average annual rainfall
drops below 20 inches.” Which is
Joan Didion quoting Bernard DeVoto
but I think the West begins
beyond repair, a salivating Crispr
of relational beef
There’s no way I say
We can erase the past by
Earning
Baldwin says look at your dark dreams
I unfold one
suck the winter out of my legs
—Oh she means North American
Clickbait
Live on national
There’s movement in the channels
behind the drywall. There’s
something scratching
any affinity
any shelter
What’s binary except
your number?
I’m standing in line
Here
I’m calling you back



Reprinted from The Kármán Line (Rescue Press, 2024) with the permission of the author.