Mark Young

#59: It’s a Lot to Swallow

You can probably understand
a significant number of people
adhering to the belief that that
vision of man landing on the
Moon was shot in a Hollywood
studio. After all, it was an in-
credible technical feat, & just
the thing to push the Soviets

headfirst back into their Sputnik —
whose launching was, in itself,
almost as incredible. Other
beliefs feed off earlier beliefs —
Area 51, or the deaths for those
who pilfered parts from the car
James Dean died in. But to be-
lieve that Donald Trump is truly

the white knight who will once
more ride into town & cast out
the unbelievers, ensure that every-
one who follows him will have a
job, will become rich, will bask
eternally in the pentecostal glow
of their orange-faced Messiah
is, to be blunt, a lot to swallow.

John Grey

WHERE ARE THE HOMELESS?

out of shabby day,
evening has brought
near annihilation

out of no probability,
no possibility

from near-invisible
to preferring that
nobody come and watch –

so what’s it be?

the sun’s caustic shadow

or the moon
gazing down on their habitat

minimal light,
eyes closed

Stephen Bett