jim leftwich, 4 poems

​delta odd 20 (Bir) 1970

in the event of soft



the sun cantaloupe
pure Medium sun
misgoverned by
asserted scriptures



unknown electric gazing
expolymoth
the mechar works of thought
should fresh water run
down your shoulders
along your shoulder
blades / a household name,
cleaning fish
on the wayward shore



today an only-young
who will wig the reverend
wounded & shirtless
thin tricks telling
the winter
who wanders this thornier
alley
think of the rectilinear ghosts
chatting about state
violence
over the counter
on a Thursday evening