Jacques Linard’s Still life with shells and coral (c. 1630s)
The Ocean is a Massive Sound
Over the ocean
I thought about
peeling the night back
exposing the raw air
to wrap us all up in it
the deep cloth of night
We could wear it like a shirt
crouching in a doorway
for some crooked version of God
In the dark of something burning
I thought about putting
my hand through the night
grabbing it down
and wearing it like a shirt
Cali For
Ni
Ay
Lindsay
Lohan
Coke knife
Nitrous
oxide
in the
passenger side
My mind
crucified
on the Earth
again
thing
thing
no
thing
Though my love is rare
Though my love is true
Chamber Music
Rib the vaulting
of the ceiling
I felt like sappho
when my tongue
grazed all the toes
on your foot
Can Anyone Standing at the Gate See?
Say to me in a curse, Love
I would rather see nothing at all
I would rather see the moon
in full shine
bent and lightly
walking off
the black earth
Chariot Wish is a poet living in New York. They are the author of two chapbooks, A New Heaven And A New Earth (Wonder, 2021), and O Fantasma (Amygdala, 2023). Their first full-length collection P.E.A.C.E. is forthcoming from Changes Press in 2025. They serve as the chapbook editor at Wonder Books and online editor at Amygdala Journal.