Amy Zug

Sick Poem

today there is no place you would rather be. the radio dial
is never in the right. again and again crashes
the revelation of the static of pebbles
with a wave retreating and your left thumb
shakes irretrievably above the space
bar thinking of the end
of the line you have yet to cross
that particular t.
on an elevator you are asked, what do you need?
ten, you reply, and this you will remember
for a long time to come.