(
california
a fable
an i
too cyclical to believe
an image
to signal the death of a dream speech
)
unconscious morning
gold hands stain glass
unwitnessed
uncolored memory
direction of fog
dispersed in every
pathway to there
(
but what do you call it
the instrument which measures the circle on this page
from which nothing can return
like i am only how
i seem
and lie only to be believed )
a fragmented expanse
deepens even after
distant blue flattens to black
i had found a robin's egg and thought to gift it
before i held its hollow sound in my palm i thought:
i held you
it was not a good idea
a good idea expires like film (
reading a book with no words
one interrupts: a portal can be anything
so long as one can leave )
Benjamin Socolofsky
Benjamin Socolofsky is a creature currently living in southern Louisiana. He holds an MFA from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has published work in Rougarou, Opt West, and Biscuit Hill, and more.
