The Holy Wonder

A Bone-Strung Orchestra

A Multitude of Absolutes

The Maw of Reason

THE LAST RECALL

I recall myself, for parts

deficient and memory lacking.

I don’t recall any parts

independent of the whole,

but an overall review might

be in order, to draw up

a hierarchy among the fragments.

I can’t recall that time you’re

talking about, but will accept

second guesses as assurances

that I was actually there.

You’re sure I said that?

I was that shadow seen through a keyhole?

That thin-as-a-whisper asshole?

I take it back, I take it back,

I take it back…

Radiator heat

clicks on like stuttering speech

noises in the dark

Bundled Christmas trees

outside Flatbush grocery

yellow cabs flash past