Stars collapse, .
stunned newborns
tumbling out,
a death squad
of angels
on the prowl,
about to say
what we shouldn’t do
rather than
what we should
and whether
it’s hypocrisy
to frequently change
bedtimes
and positions,
or even ever
possible
that we found
each other
despite
and because
and with
the energetic aimlessness
of dandelion fluff.
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Howie Good, a journalism professor at
SUNY New Paltz, is the author of the forthcoming poetry collection The
Middle of Nowhere (Olivia Eden Publishing).
Bay Laurel / Volume 2, Issue 2 / Summer 2013