Beleaguered

 

I fear Van Gogh’s

cut off ear

might be listening

to Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

outside my window.

I am plagued

with images and words

forcing me

to make my home

a distant place

to hide

cluttered rhythms

that sound like pointless

nostalgia

about dusk and dawn

by the Alaskan

seashore.

 

- Sergio Ortiz