α
Turned into
whatever form it
felt like. Air-
conditioner noises
in the warm night,
a possum in a
tree. Natural &
unnatural. Man-
ichean heresy.
β
What do we take
out of it? Some
compromised
memories; & this
small poem in lieu
of severance pay.
Mark Young’s most recent books are Mineral Terpsichore & Ley Lines, both from gradient books of Finland, & The Chorus of the Sphinxes, from Moria Books in Chicago. A new collection, some more strange meteorites, is due out from Meritage Press, California, in early 2017.