Stuart Dischell

Relentless Soliloquy

The people on the bus mean nothing to me now
Their cares are like mine. Let them ride on

I had the wish you are supposed to wish.
I had the prayer for the blind dead god.

Cash in my hand and a fish in my mouth,
I sailed over the broken ground.

What, did you see the treasure of my chest
Was ripped and de-doublooned?

Buried to my head in the tide
I swam through the well of my throat.

Stuart Dischell

Relentless Soliloquy is from Backwards Days (Penguin, October 2007), and was first published in Forklift, Ohio.

First posted on September 8, 2007 7:35 AM