by Matthew Yasuo­ka
(USA)

I.
Para­nor­mal para­pets point par­al­lax
dis­tance defined by math­e­mat­ics
an acute angle cir­cum­scribed by the com­pass oscil­la­tions
Nev­er find­ing truth. Direc­tion­al false­hoods.

II.
They slipped halos into their pock­ets
They slipped sins upon their heads
Going home,
trad­ing one for the oth­er

III.
Her hair grew into con­certi­na wire
he can no longer climb
He blames her for his barbs

IV.
Dark mat­ter encir­cles his fin­ger
lock­ing them in orbit
emo­tion­al red shift
phys­i­cal­ly bond­ed by grav­i­ty

V.
She syn­the­sizes her tow­er out of sky­scraper skele­tons
pil­ing the Sears tow­er upon Taipei 101
a toy chest of armistice arcana
accu­mu­lat­ed in blue­ber­ry bas­kets

VI.
When he ascend­ed she cast him down like a water bal­loon and
watched him break into a mil­lion autumns

Matthew Yasuo­ka is the founder and Edi­tor-in-Chief of Mis­sive. He likes abnor­mal­i­ty, Port­land, and Read­ing Fren­zy. Fol­low his blog at http://pagelust.blogspot.com.

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