Saturday, January 4, 2014

CITY WINDOWS

artwork: k.m.chen


CITY WINDOWS
         by William Marr

the higher the window
the smaller
and paler
the face

every time I pass underneath
I always have a funny feeling
something is going to land on my head
a spit
a cigarette butt
a flower pot
or a man
spreading his arms
trying to fly
like a bird



~first published in Chien Kun Poetry Quarterly