Coo...
BY Jeremy Casabella
When did the quietness start?
He sees light in the window and tries to climb inside expecting the warmth of
our old room, which is an office now or a guest space or a nursery;
the city changes constantly
a remembrance of great acquaintances that neither listen nor write.
He said less more softly until he was barely noticeable
and no one noticed.
I watch him now inaudibly cuss concrete and cumuli
under midday riffraff in front of a department store,
think the gold I remember shimmies under the grease of his hair,
and hat but look into his waterstain irises for no retina
and feel like a winded pigeon
waiting for the breeze subside.
Jeremy Casabella lives in Bakersfield, CA where he teaches part time. He
writes short stories, poetry, and pwoermds. His most recent poems have
appeared in Eclipse Literary Journal and Shot Glass. His pwoermds are
featured in the anthology The Secrets of the Universes in a Single String of
Letters, from Xexoxial Editions.