dumpsters, backpacks, garbage cans
in the officiating moment
alongside a sidewalk
of cement slabs
cellphones dangled people
running in traffic
faster than a subway
pressure cooker
ticking off
minestrone minutes
diverted brownstones
along Second Avenue
empanadas pupusas
Turkish coffee demitasse
around-the-clock
check cashing
police headlights
flash a man, down
five counts
against him,
black tennis shoes
propping up toes,
arm bloody, head wobbly,
_____ terror.
Debut of my new poetry collection, Mortal, October 13, 7:30 pm, Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. Y’all come to my reading!
- Review of my poetry collection “Two Places” by Nina Serrano of Estuary Press.