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    The American Poetry Review

    TWO POEMS

    Nov 01, 2023 2 minutes

    A Little Sorrow in the Title

    I settled for the reverse narrative.

    The after ever, happily.

    I’d purchased a dragon, a handful of teeth in a tin (they’d advertised it as a
    rattle!), a surgeon’s veil, some Oil of Olay, a few parasites.

    The water rippled, and I stood very close to it, having a conversationmyself.

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