Wayfaring
I see into them
as they see out of me
& dissolve the wattage
to avoid future legends
young pharaohs on Fillmore cracking dutches
it is a lonely frontier by contrast
forgotten game skulking around
big hearts, small temper
thine absence overflows
thine presence undoes
do not attempt to circle the inferno
a tremor in the throne
is a tremor in the throne
Copyright Credit: Micah Ballard, "Wayfaring" from Waifs and Strays, City Lights Spotlight No. 6. Copyright © 2011 by Micah Ballard. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
Source: Waifs and Strays (City Lights Books, 2011)