Two Poems by Lesley Wheeler
Natural, at this age, to decay and disjoint—to seek chemical solder and replacement parts.
Natural, at this age, to decay and disjoint—to seek chemical solder and replacement parts.
The dying have more important things to attend to: like dying.
What stays. Stone barracks, a garret room, a too-high window.
Like a rich woman in furs, she warms her hide with soft targets.
Mother be forgotten, buffalo meat cut to strips to dry. The sun.