BORDER PATROL
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Miriam N. Kotzin
Miriam N. Kotzin teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Her poems have appeared in print in, among others Boulevard, Mid-American Review, Southern Humanities Review and Iron Horse Literary Review. Online her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Small Spiral Notebook, Three Candles, Word Riot, For Poetry, and Xaxx. By Miriam N. Kotzin
Published on 07/16/2004
Through closed eyes
I recognize the dark
achtung! achtung!
my pulse ticks off
by heart its own
nocturnal catalog
I recognize the dark
achtung! achtung!
my pulse ticks off
by heart its own
nocturnal catalog
Through closed eyes
I recognize the dark
achtung! achtung!
my pulse ticks off
by heart its own
nocturnal catalog
(the dog wild now
under the window
a stranger
under the window
silent as a shadow)
stretches hours taut
across the bare planks
of my bedroom floor.
Copyright © Miriam N. Kotzin, 2004. All Rights Reserved.
I recognize the dark
achtung! achtung!
my pulse ticks off
by heart its own
nocturnal catalog
(the dog wild now
under the window
a stranger
under the window
silent as a shadow)
stretches hours taut
across the bare planks
of my bedroom floor.
Copyright © Miriam N. Kotzin, 2004. All Rights Reserved.