Poems

Luther Allen: the strayed moon

the strayed moon

has lost its way. forgets
where to rise and set.​

bulging, bulimic. confusing
concave with convex. bangs

​on drums to make an entrance
and whimpers as it goes down.

​neglects the sun, becomes grey.
can’t manage to shine that old kind light​

                                         upon the earth.

​wait. that’s not the moon.
it’s us.     us.