Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art: “Caprice,” June 2024

"Caprice," Published in Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art Caprice Or is it indifference—

I wrestle while another engine

crushes tiny islands.

In a boarded,

robust, sea level,

I hold for hurricanes—

what they dredge up—

shells and coffins.

Kept in dark,

rains come,

I abide.

In paintings

of the deluge—humans

cling naked

to the sides of the ark.