Phrenology

Katey Nicosia

 

This is brain localization. How to read a face,

learn to hike the peaks and valleys of a skull.

 

A landmine in there, I drop the table salt

so my action is followed by fixable bad luck.

 

When the clock stops, I’m watching. In time

there will be fake flowers worth the weight

of water, and we’ll forget the difference

between thirst and contentment.

 

There a fist, here a hand, it’s as if existence means visible,

and reaction is an aftermath taken for granted.

 

Who points out the echo of what’s seen?

A broken window is many windows,

but I’m afraid of so much sun.

 

Katey Nicosia's (TX)  poems have appeared in 32 Poems, can we have our ball back?, LIT, Pebble Lake Review, Unpleasant Event Schedule, and elsewhere.


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