POETRY

By Heikki Huotari

if aurora bore­alis­es are any indi­ca­tion the extrater­res­tri­als are at peace and the
def­i­n­i­tion of life is accord­ing­ly revised      the random acts and I are independent
and iden­ti­cal­ly dis­trib­uted so sing it side­ways what’s a wan­der­ing eye
or appendage to do      you may arrange your­self tri­umvi­rate in any of six ways a
moving average and a married bach­e­lor man­i­fest­ed on a cloud­less day but with
per­mis­sion      now you’ll know them by the solace they wave off or by the
mino­taur designed by their com­mit­tee      the com­mit­tee on reread­ing the report
says it’s alive and the com­mit­tee on reread­ing the report sug­gests that I imagine
I’m attached to some front runner by a bungee cord      I answer that the sunset was
exquis­ite then it wasn’t I’m a fool

This story orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Stonecoast Review Issue 18.

Photo by Jonathan Pie.