Skeleton [Shaken I download “Aura” and “Calm” to quell my]
Shaken I download “Aura” and “Calm” to quell my
kvetch—what if? what if?—after midnight it verges
extreme. In this moment you are safe says app lady, handoverheart.
Let’s say that’s true, hm. Does mantra work as
explodes the tunnel and the train fills with fire?
Top-heavy ruminations send me spiraling again
oy vey decimating yet another night. Can’t sleep.
Now for some music, try some dancing? Nah. Still blue.
From Skeletons by Deborah Landau. Copyright © 2023 by Deborah Landau. Reprinted with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC, on behalf of Copper Canyon Press.
Deborah Landau
Deborah Landau grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and earned a BA from Stanford University. She went on to receive an MA in English from Columbia University and a PhD in English and American literature from Brown University, where she was a Jacob K. Javits Fellow.