Audio: Read by the author.
rabies and
angels
babies and
mangers
devils and
Handels
c I was reeding you
see I was reading you
sí I was red in you
sea I was ready ewe
sea I was ready too
sí I was ewe too
see I was always you
c how I love u too
broad daylight
and the
candles
weeping
on the
buck’s
antlers
blanch
summer
grass
winter
red
his eyes,
drooping
woofers
salty
mats
stars
streams
and brainlines
we carry
strings
of lights
into
broad day-
light
where
hearts
walk
the bulbs
with bare
feet
cry to
the stars!
Christ
in every
where,
every
there,
every
here
O
air
Robert Fernandez is the author, most recently, of Scarecrow (Wesleyan). He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.