Phantom
1.
Trails
of
sawdust
dementia
his mind losing time
a rusting structure eroding
and what was once a man became empty edifice
2.
Not
all
at once
slowly as
crosscut tree rings gnawed
exposed to toxic DNA
and what was once a man became nubs, whittled splinters
3.
A
house
foreclosed
keys returned
what a man became
when losing his identity
inch by inch like an amputated leg's phantom pain
