'HELICOPTER'
a poem by J. Michael Wahlgren

I heard someone say my name.

Use it as a phonograph.
Spin its ends through history.

Put to use the words that come from its story.
Once written down. The notes between us,
a fiery myth spells me clear of evil.

Upheaval seems to deny good principle;
The approach of which has fallen like a bird, mid-flight.
The seams are sealed in skyline.
Unbidden, I speak your name.


That Made Me Laugh

Your dive
was
backwards

through
dispossessed
centuries.

I curl
up with my
thoughts

In a daylight
driven by stranger’s
words, like dots.