behind
no-future find blackened
debris earth
ash
northern hike
through smoke
choke
the napa river
vineyards wade through smoke
choke vineyards wade
through smoke
a red band of selection pulses
in the north
choke now debris
blackened
earth ash-father
lived in its place
fires block blackened earth
hikes through smoke this place
chokes vineyards waste
the napa river reaches
through smoke
Joseph M. Gerace is a multidisciplinary artist and professional journalist. His work can be found at wikipoem.org and has appeared in fluland, toypoems, Poets Reading the News and elsewhere. His writing explores the intersection of folk art, technology and the outer limits of communication. He lives in New Jersey.
Original art by the author.
