Family is like water,
the original stream
The bottom bunk again,
his slumber verses
A grace and a toughness,
the safe border between
The fires of the Bronx,
sunlight through the girders
Recklessness and temptation
written on the ceiling
A colossal illusion,
sawdust on the floor
Some sort of revolutionary act,
a motherfucking ambulance chaser
-Found Poem
All lines are direct quotes from pages 57-59 of Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin
22 Jan 2021
The beautiful and brutal tapestry of contradictions,
the strong, resinous scent of burning pine pitch,
a state of ecstasy almost tangible,
a poignant sense of peacefulness
off the tips of the leaves,
low demonic growls,
eyes staring through the roof,
the defenseless dead
Found poem. All lines are direct quotes from pages 337 and 338 of Louise Erdrich’s novel, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
22 Oct 2020
green-felt pool tables,
chunky paperweights in
police interrogation rooms,
smoke rising from tall
crematorium smokestacks,
white flowers on school desks,
gas station receipt
tucked under the windshield wiper,
suffocating contradiction,
endlessly spinning in circles,
I have no idea how long
it took him to die
Found poetry,
All lines are direct quotes from the last two pages of the second chapter of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood
