But the eyes in front of me shimmer,
so I don’t tell her, just glance back
at my childhood with a fresh face
of nostalgia. Say sure with a run.
Postspawn Mortality - Richard King Perkins II→
/I thought of you as a salmon. The scintillation of fear.
An ongoing litany: Leave before it’s too late.
Toys at the Edge of the Room- Richard King Perkins III→
/He was not a monster
but could imitate one so realistically
that the uninitiated could not tell the difference
