Instructions

Vandal Poem of the Day: April 21, 2020

 by Michael O’Brien

Sink if you must:
no one who doesn’t
know how to do it.

Turn the clock
sideways—the hours
come that way

anyhow—doze, listen
to the tick
dissolve in rain.
from To the RiverFind more by Michael O’Brien at the library
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Used with the permission of Flood Editions.

Published in Michael O'Brien Poems

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