as light
shaped by trajectory.
a wind settles in the body.
Echécatl the breath, the flint & spark.
the house of prayers.
I am
when sounds exchange questions
when light enters the lung
when given
the noun: a variable absence
a law pinned to a quail's wing.
First appeared in New American Writing. Copyright © by J. Michael Martinez. From Heredities (LSU, 2010) by J. Michael Martinez. Appears with permission of the author.