2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

Fire Rhapsody

Listening to the boiler quiets the whispers
between my ears.

There are days upon days
I am tired of my echo



this hollow cavern, this body this skull
I am lost spelunking myself

this fire the only proof of the proximity of water.



Do you like the self you see
when you wake the oogie woogie?



Give us then the bones: the teeth marks
have their own story to tell.

His heart is a hollowed out tree
downed in a heavy storm.



The sky is full of lurking cities dressed as clouds.

The wake they leave make for choppy water.



Wait. And wait. And



Whispers. They are indignant tourists and terrible spelunkers.



Georgi, call out the oogie woogie. It is time for a dark mood referendum.

We are tired of the echo.

Standard
2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

first fire

this world is a tangible ghost
all cogs / clogs all moans / groans
growls and howlings

the heart burns a recitation
a resurrection

all our deities all our daemons

all

the mess of it
a proof we are alive

Standard
2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, Working Class Literature

it drags downward

this gothic grabs
all bright light / electric string
we set our sight on steam

/// push ///

this river gothic grabs
it does not let go

it drags downward
towards open water

Standard