Subdivision

Topsoil marks the outline 
of a cardinal who flew across 
this valley—skirting ahead 
of me like its own suburb; 
& I don’t remember what 
is written, how it is said,
how you read & hear me,
or how we trim words 
from trees to naked mound, 
as early loggers here, some 
French, say bonjour while 
sweating w/saws the size 
of six men—when we cut
we ruin what we now wish 
we could hold like a poem
uncomfortable w/muscles.

JAN WIEZOREK

Jan Wiezorek writes and paints in Michigan. The London Magazine, Minetta Review, Talon Review, and The Orchards Poetry Journal, among other publications, have published his poems. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago, and wrote the ebook Awesome Art Projects That Spark Super Writing (Scholastic, 2011). Jan posts at janwiezorek.substack.com.