Page 17 - October 2020

Disambiguation

jck hnry, a writer
based in the deserts
of California and
Arizona, has been Jck Hnry
published widely

i don’t feel / particularly well / today
there is a curve / to the sky / not quite 45 degrees
not quite / anything

we are alone / here in history / here in the street
waiting / on a storm / to rush clear / these dirty gutters
we wait / on a particular kind / of light
generally / we just / wait

a moon / hovers / overhead / just lingering
loitering without fear / of complication
of police / interaction
a big white / moon / just lingering / loitering
after dark / on the streets / in the gutters

waiting / without fear /
of police / interaction

i engage / the chain / the lock / i reset all /
passwords my heart / cannot beat / any slower
than it already / does
i don’t feel / particularly / well today
perhaps / a shower / or / a bit of bread
will revive me / but then / maybe revival
isn’t really / what i need