Abraham Gibson : 2 Poems


THESE BIRDS


these birds
will fly
warm like skin

in car rides
& days before
death
photo frozen
in youth
moments not
fading or aging
in the mind
scenes revisited and
revisted again

these birds
outlaws in some
way or another
driven by visions
and/or drugs
to make and
break reality's
windows rearranging
the shattered glass
forming new patterns

these birds
take off
already shattered




HUMMING WIRE


another year
of struggle
same subject matter
as always
just noting
the struggle for
fleeting joy
times tangled in sheets
in love
w/ birds beautiful
outside the
window on a wire,
humming wire



Abraham Gibson lives in Austin, TX. This is his first appearance in Gnome.