thessalonia by derek lessard

earthquake on stilts.
foundations of stone.
and as for
ways we go:
they one,
I other.
young family;
lithoid talc.
backsplash
of history.
tearing,
wartorn
Rome.
shake,
shiver.
my journey's reach
for the other side
of night.
African horn.
crescent fang
blows muted air.
When I hold it
in my hand,
it tries
to disappear.
Hellenize the distance
over oceans, over sandbars,
over zeros absolute;
hurricane-proof.
series of kenoses full.
circles asking where.
zephyrs directionless,
sailing kitelike
through inertias

of the air