"I assure you this is no medicine," "I suppose another passenger," and "Without Seeing"
I assure you this is no medicine
I tripped on the [spinal flex
left spittle
on the avenue]
dust around the
sound hole to the
[city]
it rings in the most
meaningful way
[I arrived an hour too
late and could not
find the]
I could [not]
I [could] not
[I] could not
I am
I am
I am
select this [please]
I suppose another passenger
click
and
shaking
enjoy another
waltz
+mercury
+hesitation
+emptying
+orbiting
I am not fit to yell
not as
I once
was
Without Seeing
refraction
[humming]
[humming]
[humming]
a train on the...
nebulous removal of
the barrier
turn it in
this
direction
[I caught a lump in my [throat]]
don[t]
be so
so
so
so
...
...
Nathan Anderson is a poet from Mongarlowe, Australia. He is the author of The Mountain + The Cave and Deconstruction of a Symptom and has work in BlazeVox, Otoliths, Beir Bua and elsewhere. You can find him at nathanandersonwriting.home.blog or on Twitter @NJApoetry.