Dotted Lines
by Adam Stutz
![A poem titled DOTTED LINES by Adam Stutz, formatted as a three-column visual arrangement. Text reads across three columns, row by row: to the left / dotted lines / (um grandiose) // press the / prescribed / blue button // [blank] / frosting for / decompression // [blank] / mark the / miscommunication // press the / contract / error (doesn't ring right) // on the left / lease / concern addendum // [blank] / attend / to horizons blinking light // [blank] / no broadcast / radio tower // to the left / pen strokes / expiration on end points // press the / night's melting / into an ocean // [blank] / (thought / a testimony // [blank] / a damp note / hanging in the air) // press the / beacons / into a flight path // to the left / a silhouette's / frequency on water edge // [blank] / is that a planet / a forgiveness // [blank] / a collarbone / collecting dew // to the left / a ship's / parade of lights // press the / moan halo / into the tide // [blank] / roll / footprints // [blank] / into running / children // press the / unknown / passage + our cold hands // to the left / shoreline / percussion section // [blank] / constellations / I can't name // [blank] / still give / a shudder](/assets/adam-stutz-dotted-lines-p01.png)
Adam Stutz
Adam Stutz is the Editor-in-Chief of Broken Lens Journal and the author of Transcript (Cooper Dillon Books, 2017) and The Scales (White Stag Publishing, 2018). His work has appeared in various print and online publications including A Sharp Piece of Awesome, Prelude, Be About It, Deluge, Dum Dum Zine, The Pinch, Where is the River, Dream Pop, Cover, Ghost Proposal and can also be found at stutzwrites.com. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.