Freestanding Form

[after Betye Saar]

Clock tower directive with a stopwatch Oath moan

status of a kitchen ladle brandished in one hand

grenade in palm grip of the other

 

Cushion combat thumb and wrist Homeland

shown enthralled of markets imploded also

by declassified fears my heroic

 

former name for someone else In household

wanted list discarded figure where it fits

to line the inside of a coral box

 

enhanced freestanding form In solid

gold demands of your small slivers

of it disproportionate to Washington

From Why the Assembly Disbanded by Roberto Tejada. Copyright © 2022 by Fordham University Press. Used with the permission of the publisher.