From “Acid Rain”
…devoid of the yellow jackets that normally
pierced
my feet, as I danced a rhythm of thunder
beneath the sky lightning.
Tag / Weathered fragments
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
From “Burns”
Your skin chills,
snow seeps,
scrapes down your ankle,
searing skin that forgot
how the arctic burned
when it met warm flesh.
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
Excerpt from “Dust”
I don’t know where
these pieces fit,
or if they are even mine,
but I feel they are,
whether they are all with me,
clinging to my body
or still behind in that box
that remains unopened in the corner
marked kitchen goods.
Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls
Excerpt from “The Fragments You Carry”
The box remains to pick up
the rest of your things:
the permanent markers,
the bottle of Tylenol,
the loose change,
the card from a friend wishing you a safe journey,
the receipt from your favorite pho restaurant
and the cheap vodka you had last night.
J.L. Smith 