MILKY.......................................................................................................................................................................CJ CIOC

Milky

Poem by CJ Cioc

I smell stars, loudly –singing rings of chorus, orbits. Towards us, comets— named them after us. Named them Halley, Hale-bopp— tear drops on fire.

I can lay on my back on the hillside by the road, sniffing out Cadillacs and autoshow Edsels, winesap taillights, tasting speed, and cinnamon

blood, hot blood shining in pale moonlight— tar black engine oil blood.

A jakebrake pulses, echoes, and rolls over hills. It fills the still air, the stale night and bare trees with shuddering leaves.

In rings of purple my retinas lattice tear detach. Afterimage burns which streak in green neon

through my galaxy of void I see all.

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