Dakota

42" x 35" (81cm x 89cm) work on paper


straight flush

through the tethered reaches
of the quiet lingering
after the doors shut tight
and the liquid dose
slit the light
donning the top
of the bookcase,
the cascading water outside
pounded with unrelenting disregard
as the priests huddled
at the corner table
playing hearts
in the dim-lit side
of the candle smoked wall
displaying old photos
of baseball players long gone