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.