dare to imagine an archive of the infinitely there
gravity, footfalls, forever’s hourglass becoming now
a habit the hands have—devil-take-care
can you imagine an archive of the infinitely there
cobwebs silvering corners, spiders in mid-air
light glancing off windows, heads bowed in prayer
imagine, I dare you, an archive of the infinitely there
gravity, footfalls, forever’s hourglass becoming now
Afterlife
Jacqueline Kolosov’s 4th poetry collection, Talons, Wings, is forthcoming from Salmon Poetry later this year. Exit, Pursued by a Bear, a collection of stories, won the Prize Americana and was published by Hollywood Books last fall. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in The Southern Review, december, Fourth River, and Copper Nickel. Originally from Chicago, she now lives, writes, and teaches on the high plains of arid and very windy West Texas.