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January 22, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

Michael Kroesche

There are purple moths

and Abel collects them, he’s

half naked in torn shorts

like an old boat sail, brown toes

among the baobab roots

yellow nails.

Under a veil of vines in

the grass, flattened,

is a clearing where he keeps them;

bodies like lint stones,

the dead wings, dried violets.

He pulls pomegranates from trees,

cleans the seeds with his teeth.

The juicy fingers un-licked, sick-sweet,

the moths sense the scent

and flutter to his hands,

the red wetness gumming their wings.

Another bruise-colored creature,

a piece collected, Abel smiles

placing more wings on the pile.

He sits cross-legged, hair webs

his cheek and he breathes deeply

verdant air, damp-clear

and humid with heaviness,

a pomegranate

ring around his grin.

And in each wing the mind

gains a piece, so Abel sleeps

in grass, in seeds, and rinds.

Michael Kroesche is a Junior at the Univ. of Southern California where he studies creative writing and French. He was born in the lively state of Utah, wants to become a Creative Writing professor. Michael has published a collection of poetry ìSummer Hymnalsî via Elik Press, and been featured in other magazines such as Interim.


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