Now that I am tall, too tall, and nearer to god and death we have come to the freak-show again. Where will I fit in at seven feet eight inches tall, three breaths left and no time for the rhetorical? In my eye there is a skyscraper, a sparrow, and a new cloud, my own crown barely covered by the firmament. for Adam Rainer, the only recorded adult little person and adult giant in history.
Adam’s Song
Paul Koniecki lives and writes poetry in Dallas, Texas. His poems appear in the movie One of the Rough, he was a featured poet at the Blackwater International Poetry Festival in Ireland, and he co-facilitates the literary-revolution series Meet Me With Curiosity. His poetry is available through Kleft Jaw Press, NightBallet Press, CWP Collective Press, and Spartan Press.