by tom miller
dumb fuck
did you think
you could hold
anything
like a sea shore
or a fence
are you some kind
of camera
are you a painter
of landscape
even the painter
even the camera
fails
the sea shore
erodes
the fence
deteriorates
so does the painter
so does the poet
did you think
you could imprison
memories?
Nothing holds nothing
you dumb fuck
the paint
is
m
e
l
t
i
n
g
a
s
we
speak.