On Happier Lawns, IV
The bizarre sound of my own
name repeating and people
praying
My hair getting
unwieldy in a world filled
with an abundance that approaches
formlessness Strangeness
and beauty Truth
is a melody like a leach
or the aftermath of the disaster
there is no trace of A killer
sunset
When you open your eyes
someone familiar may be waiting
From You're Gonna Miss Me When You're Bored (Barrelhouse Books, 2014) by Justin Marks. Copyright © 2014 by Justin Marks. Used with permission of the author.
Justin Marks
Justin Marks is the author of You’re Going to Miss Me When You’re Bored (Barrelhouse Books, 2014) and A Million in Prizes (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2009), which was chosen by Carl Phillips as the winner of the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize.
Marks is a cofounder of Birds, LLC, and lives in Queens, New York.