#1 / #2 / #3 / #4 / #5

 

Adam Moorad

Originally published in The Evergreen Review Issue 122 in March, 2010.
 

#1


 part
      of the river
that
      flows over a
rock       and
       once
for all     and
                never
returns   never
          can
    flow             
           any other
in way                in
           ever

 

#2


talky like a steam
                              engine
                  pulling
                                  100+
caboosed      fright         cars               

that                             the
      was     way at    time
            my   be
and       it can    done
     without        
hair           gel

 

#3


cheyenne wyoming
cheyenng wyomine
cheyennn wyominn
cheyeinn  wyomnnn
cheyminn wyoemnn
cheominn wyyemnn
 

 

#4


   sausalito, california
                          1955
a fellow loses a letter
    overboard                           
                    i presume

 

#5


person   
a half-awake 
ripping out
      in
pencil   by
          placenta
     in
bed

insane be
                mused
mystified
by       waste
   electricity  or
tape

         the
machines
          get
better     better
         and
                 better