Kristy Peloquin

STRATA

he’s on the bus and he gets a message

then there’s all this craziness

and he gets to the hospital – and his daughter,

she's grown

the naked need of the control addicts

must be decently covered

she opens her eyes - they’re ringing

like a statue’s in a museum.

her machine begins to move, the key turns

again, her eyes change, she sings.

beauty hidden like diamonds

in the clock of the world

nostalgia

a very long shot of a deal

but he has to play out the numbers as they happen

in order to react