by Mike Bagwell
at rest stops my eyes forget triangulation
and let loose a roving blindspot
that eats commuters
a lot is like this
towns move from person to person
and pin-cushion other kinds of maps
ribald-rhubarb-beings
dont-fuck-
with-me-
beings
i spend so long
in the same memory
that it snows
Mike Bagwell is a writer and software engineer in Philly. He received an MFA from Sarah Lawrence and his work appears or is forthcoming in Heavy Feather Review, trampset, Halfway Down the Stairs, HAD, Bodega, Whiskey Island, and others, some kindly nominating him for a Pushcart. He was the founding editor and designer of El Aleph Press and his work can be found at mikebagwell.me.
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