jim leftwich, 9 poems

 ​Walsenberg, Colorado

whole lands are on fire​​

capitalism the chemical
outcomes in the night
extract the night extract
the outcomes coiled
fragments of radiation
depleted downwind

10.16.2020



souls

akimbo
like a door
in a mirror
you can
feel the
spent cents
rolling
down your
driveway

10.16.2020



much crucible mixed

a sparrow blood they
came from the center
one evening in winter
a spell the social
eye purple

10.16.2020



fall, sit up, excited

eyeball caterpillars
our hands think
they filch
the chicken towels
hihs-hihe-hish
covert hovering
peers into
the piping was

10.16.2020



I Was Thought

acoustic 6th been who
is was the co-lip 30th
fuzz the bean no zero

10.16.2020



the library is hostage

late worm in a jar the
ex-moon reflects the
eyebroom who from
the moment to noon
a union against
numerous plans
materials in a bag
on Tantrum Mountain

10.16.2020



Anthropocene

the road is eyes
- yes? the lake,
next marks, six.

10.16.2020



what did i expect?

part of the score the
ghost, the dirt, the
asteroid, their
pebbles, planting
season, a catalyst
for spiders to thaw

10.16.2020



again

land
for the coat
a ground raw
specters
slip

10.16.2020