It’s True

Arlene Naganawa

I have all the nights in the world.

Incoming tide, the cold spray.

The door left ajar admits everything —

shadows, wire-haired beasts,

insects to eat and die.

A woman sleeps in a hillock of rags.

A sparrow asks me a question:

Do you pick from the top

or eat windfall fruit?

 

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