Osias Beert’s Still life on a plain wooden table (1596-1623)

BLACKOUT

All language is 

is telepathy 

trying too hard. 

How much 

for this one? 

No I mean 

how much time do you think 

we waste thinking.


CEREMONY

There’s not much

Earth left to dream in.

Even in death

the world hoards our bodies

like a bank.

RAPTURE

This body 

holds the future 

hostage. 

Everything 

we say is too late.

Dan Hoy is the author of the poetic trilogy The Deathbed Editions (Octopus Books, 2016) and several poetry chapbooks.