Words spoken anachronistically
Zoom call to Jesus—The Civil War Second Wave Feminist.
A dance on smooth water is a type of value judgment.
The kind of objectivity where facts don’t matter
and Heracles can be a Hedonist
“What strange times we live in” (A partial statement)
“All I can talk about” (A partial falsehood)
In the parish of the damned.
perishing is partial
Like half-popped kernels, we tell ourselves—please—
We tell ourselves this is history (A partial history)
One where the points don’t matter and improv comedy meets the ICU
There’s a Facetime from Buddha
And your slackline Slack group chat needs answers
How can we walk the yellow brick road?
When the colors fade
The single green chile red salsa enchilada is all we have left
to remember Christmas by
-- Adrian Oteiza is an emerging poet primarily based in Providence, Rhode Island. Through the written word, his poems step close to examine the texture and touch of his surroundings and step back to wayfind through geographic space. His current manuscript, Go There, explores two cemeteries in Providence as places that both reflects and refuses death. Adrian's written work can be found in The Round, Forager Magazine, and Cornerstone. Adrian's cartographic work can be found in Cemetery Maps, Volume 2.