dear God of blankness I pray to dear unerasable
how could I live without You if I were ever given answers
the summer thickens with lostness
lovers who will not touch each other but look out into space
thinking I do not belong in the world
news always travels inland but how can this storm
be undone or the treacherous rain unravel or the train
arriving one street over and all night long
on an island at the end of islands a foresworn vow
a river blasted through and another river filled in
dear afternoon God dear evening God my lonely world
the circles of water and wanton violence
dear utterly unmistakable ether
dear Lostness your careless supplicant drops everything
and rakes over me on his way to an implacable place
by Kazim Ali
published in GutCult 9
Robin Reagler 