Arthur Russell
2 1/2 Half Seconds Looking Up From A Newspaper
Fencepost calves in ballet slippers
walked in second position down the car,
Harrods bag bulging other, inner bags
and folded papers, possibly for cats.
Her cotton clothes bespoke a laundry basket
and her hummocky shoulders rode below a mole-hair chin,
a thatchy lip, a hand-pushed nose
and, deep within her face,
more than eggshell brittle grey,
her unescorted eyes like Appomattox.
Bio
Arthur Russell comes from Brooklyn and hears time's winged chariot hurrying near. His chapbook "Unbent Trumpet" was published by Nutley Arts Press this year. His second book, "The Whales Off Manhattan Beach Breaching in Winter" was accepted by Nutley Arts Press for 2018. He is Brooklyn Poets current YAWPER of the Year.