SUFFUSION (CANAL ST.)

The breath of a stranger is my breath, green
New
Alchemy dog roams the sidewalk

Snow flickers &
drifts
Blue to orange howl becomes night
thru allure which expands it

In the gift shop: A globe with a mahogany base
Outside: The repertoire

Transmutation in flux—
How proximity to death lends a certain stylishness
the glow of closeness to God

Appears in the Men’s Poetry Night anthology, released by Drama Gallery in July 2024, and in the chapbook Arch Pastoral.

‘Men’s Poetry Night’ contains work by readers who performed at a reading of the same name at the gallery in February 2024.

My poems ‘Subject’ and ‘As if you were never here’ also appear in the book.

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