by Roger Camp
Carry A Hatbox
It is warm in winter and yet the butterfly
still cannot close his wings for fear
of ice crystals. But the road is clear,
for now at least, and we can open it up
on the long stretches through states
whose names were forgotten before
our grandfathers grew buck teeth.
Guitarists planted in fields that used
to wave with corn, theremin just a nip
in the atmosphere between fragments
of meteorite that burn out on their way
to the ground. And hey, any day you can
find disabled parking is just a paradise,
right? The world no longer cares if we drive
with the windows down, Dixie Cups
cranked to the max, unable to carry a tune
but under contract to reproduce every
syllable however we can to ensure the G
strings are knee-high by the fourth of July.
Robert Beveridge (he/him) makes noise (xterminal.bandcamp.com) and writes poetry in Akron, OH. Recent/upcoming appearances in Page and Spine, The Pointed Circle, and Failed Haiku, among others.
Roger Camp is the author of three photography books including the award winning Butterflies in Flight, Thames & Hudson, 2002 and Heat, Charta, Milano, 2008. His work has appeared on the covers of numerous journals including The New England Review and Southwest Review and inside the New York Quarterly and Chicago Review. His photographs are represented by the Robin Rice Gallery, NYC. More of his images may be seen on Luminous-Lint.com.