After Breer (April 25, 2025)
That calyx of stars beneath your window
Flaming shades of summer soledade
Which at night is your oppressor
If your ledger’s out of date
Their sea-bound chorus of light
Is fabulous. That cold vapor
Is a balm for the factories lit
Up all night churning meaning
In metallurgic nocturnes.
I buy many books but may never
Read one again. They say the bullet
Came from a cop’s gun.
Sam Kerbel
Sam Kerbel was shortlisted for the 2024 Oxford Poetry Prize. His first chapbook, Can't Beat the Price (2025), is available from Bottlecap Press. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Anthropocene, Apocalypse Confidential, Argyle Literary Magazine, Lana Turner, and Libre, among other publications.
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