Every journey’s undergirt
\nwith easy links to the flood <\/p>\n
of dumb text a few welcome,
\nbut most ignore by now.<\/p>\n
You can watch the little digits
\nswell to tell it: deal, they say; <\/p>\n
act. You must. Empire
\nService is full of moments <\/p>\n
when children become cargo;
\nthey are bundled and huddled <\/p>\n
as the dunes of busted dishes
\nbehind the china factory scroll by. <\/p>\n
It’s a preview, really, only
\norderless. Each city is seen <\/p>\n
as if caught by surprise, paused
\non events no one thought to pick <\/p>\n
up for. Ask about these landmarks,
\nmy money says no one replies.<\/p>\n
Fidelity Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n Droops from awnings the inside on first sight raises bottles continuously in uncommonly the hydraulic resonance by way of treadmill stats takes jumps to reach any ledge, chops Your Kind Attention Please<\/strong><\/p>\n A children’s book should not reveal Rental Period<\/strong><\/p>\n Borrow a quarter and press The anxious ticking stands for time, Face the queue of other tourists. ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong> Service is full of moments <\/p>\n when children become cargo; as the dunes of busted dishes It’s a preview, really, only By Patrick Williams.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nunwatched makes stupid mistakes <\/p>\n
\nto made-up names quells<\/p>\n
\nclose staring contests subverts<\/p>\n
\nof hourlong overripe alibis<\/p>\n
\nstabs at getting feet off floors<\/p>\n
\nin lithe loops & gives up not impressed.<\/p>\n
\nour planet to hurtle in a corkscrew
\nmotion. Or any objects to move in two
\nor more directions at once. Just like you
\nshould not tell me the vacation spot
\nI mention was mostly destroyed by this
\nmonth’s floods. We already sent the deposit.
\nThe clever food and beverage pairings
\nare lost on most patrons as they behold
\nyour dinky illusions. Some have even left
\ntheir over-cushioned barstools to marvel
\nat the cardboard box of pale deer bones
\ncarefully placed on the lip of the stage.<\/p>\n
\nyour face to the steel. Steady
\nthe scope on the ramps and lifts
\nat thirteen degrees. That’s left.<\/p>\n
\nthe silence for it’s up, for even
\nthe iris of this soda straw of sense
\nis too much to take in for long.<\/p>\n
\nWatch them pull what they can
\nof moments-older peaks before
\neach lease on the gaze expires.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/patrick_williams-300x168.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\nPatrick Williams<\/strong> is a poet and academic librarian living in Central New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/patrick_williams-420x179.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\nthey are bundled and huddled <\/p>\n
\nbehind the china factory scroll by. <\/p>\n
\norderless. Each city is seen <\/p>\n