verse chorus verse

/ so who is     not          really          my dad /

and there is no float under the body / no element rises
no acts proliferate / the grown works of the earth

people / their surfaces / indulge the mouth of the sky
a tomb without frame / that i am / your son and will

possess him / take and take and be unmoved / i think as
myself / i think as a partner / i think

as a part / to meld with expression / insist on
labels / emote / explication / deadwater through

the black box / no internal euclidian plot
no echo reaching the surface / un

speakable in my time

Ian Schoultz

Ian Schoultz's poems have appeared, or are forthcoming, in FEED, Dream Pop, Landlocked, Always Crashing, Burning House, and the tiny. He holds an MFA in Poetry from Louisiana State University. He lives in Baton Rouge, LA, with his 4 year old black lab, Gabriel.

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