OUR STRANGERS, BY ROBIN REAGLER |
The elders construct no wings but say that they will fly. A scratched sidewalk drives around the city. Clouds Wilt. A skyscraper sprouts arms out of anger. An Intruder yawns and retraces steps, perhaps his own. So it is now that you confront the new now. You are That place, a somewhere, an empty smell. Mechanically—yes—you glance out at the music, The cubes of air rocking the rose-colored atmosphere. And gold and sky and gold sky are worth nothing. Your Denial is not answerable. We are feathers. |
Robin Reagler is the author of Into The The (Backlash, 2021), winner of the Best Book Award, Teeth & Teeth (Headmistress, 2018), winner of the Charlotte Mew Prize selected by Natalie Diaz, and Dear Red Airplane (Seven Kitchens, 2011, 2018). She lives in Houston, Texas.