the rain inside they left this in the desert he finds this in the desert he wanders, brings this home brings refuse of Eros he gives life again to them he brings the rain into the museum in a college-town he busks for liberty he searches finds liberty an artifact in the desert he lets the tiny bells ring drop and ring he suffers us to hear the shots draining us he grants us a calm observation of desperation fruiting the metal plane secures us views of the flag falling dead still suffers us to hear the wood iron nylon water pleases us hands clasped behind our backs he lets us consider costs in the soft patter the rain inside that left them Brian A. Salmons Brian A. Salmons is a poet and translator from Orlando, Florida. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Eyedrum Periodically, NonBinary Review, Poets Reading the News, The Light Ekphrastic, Eratio, and others, including anthologies from YellowJacket Press and TL;DR Press.
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June 2025
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