DANIELLE BRIGNOLA
A METAL MAXIM
a man is known by the company he
keeps avoiding.
i must remain mechanical until the summer
or i will crumble into a pile of ashes at his feet;
his nonchalant sigh blows me around and away.
and i already feel so scattered.
BROWN AND ORANGE BLANKETS
old age is a ripened fruit
full in ever cell, swollen with
sweet experience.
ripe fruit is short lived: rotting
inevitable follows.