And He Fell

I will be reading this Friday, August 26, as part the second installment of the Readings at La Mancha series. La Mancha is located at 2815 North 14th Street, right behind Crown Candy Kitchen in Old North St. Louis. The reading begins at at 7 p.m. Along with me will be St. Louis poet Treasure Shields Redmond. This will also be your last chance to see the work of local photographer, Sylvester Jacob.

And He Fell

he remembered where he was and

then he had to open the door again

and he heard her kisses and a high, thin

laugh for a space into which he had

fallen into morning and now,
no, more then than now, he was

doubtful of the night, of the sound,

of the fashion, big and visible

then he saw it and he fell