Kurt Philip Behm

Prairie Fire (+2)

“I don’t splain myself,”

Bill Hickok said

before his Colts went off

A dead man lying

at his feet

—his legend time embossed

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2022)

 

 

No Answer Required

 

It was never a question

but just a reminder

a sacrificed memory

of what used to be

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2022)

 

 

Temporal Perspective

 

Time in degrees,

degrees of time

the horse or the cart,

position sublime

 

Hours sans minutes,

seconds besieged

mirage of attachment

—horizon to free

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)