"I am here      because I saw"
Brandon Shimoda

I am here      because I saw

 

 in the waves

 

    an epoch of flags

 

       unfolding

 

a gown I wear      where I was

 

       suspect

 

          the people      inlaid

 

                                     the sequence                        brushed, branching

 

         rose       the slope

 

        the fruit

 

                                                 heart and reckless

 

        are the mouths

 

                                                                                   about

 

                                                                                                  the dress           into

 

                                                                                ’s