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 in Dallas, Texas. He was once chosen for the John Ashbery Home School Residency. His poems feature in Richard Bailey’s movie “One of the Rough” distributed by AVIFF Cannes. Cathexis Northwest Press, Blue Mountain Review, Wild Roof Journal, Chiron Review, As It Ought To Be Magazine, Henniker Review, Gasconade Review, and Thimble Literary Magazine have published his work, as well as many other places. He received his MFA from VCFA in 2024.