Saturday, May 1, 2021

Exit signs

 

the white square burns


 
among the quiet of the seats
among the hum of machines
in the dim of exit signs
I said something—
words
never spoken or spilled



a finger moved
combing the air
for another one 
in the chair next

Cluck! Who's there!

  I did not expect to confront the collapse of reality between a dusty SUV and a leaking pipe on Basement Level 4, but there it was. As I wa...