| From Telling The Difference | Recently in Journals | Haiku, Senryu, Tanka | Translations |
THE BOY WHO WON’T EAT EGGS
having known
since pushing two
that we die
never cared
when he couldn’t reach
the faucets
without a chair
and still tries
to conserve
his entire future
like something one hand
can hold, or slip
into his pocket,
weighty, cool
its shell
Permafrost, Volume 35, Issue 1