“I won’t dwell on these or on any details now. I have a good deal to do and I am exhausted in the eighth day of a heavy cold. This is just to tell you that life has a new mask on.” John Berryman, 10 October 1943
so do i
am exhausted
in the end of our minds
this instead
of our minds
this instead of our minds
instead of our minds this
the end of a heavy cold
the end minding the cold
speaker and
spoken to
our annual knowing
being offered up to us
i have a good deal to tell
on a term-to-term basis
instead of our minds
the eighth day of mum
as we begin less-than-life
has a new mask on
this is less-life than less with its
new mask hell-in-new-rochelle
any details now (exactly what
i don't yet know) i am exhausted
and at the end of our minds on an animal
incomprehensible bizarre touching mint
it does so and it is warm its being the beginning
offered up at the end of life has a new mask on
Joseph M. Gerace is an artist and journalist. In his free time, he enjoys Brazilian jiu-jitsu, his 1965 Honda Dream, reading, running, biking, hiking and video games. He lives in Northern New Jersey.
