Chitra Ganesh, How to Assemble a Flying Car (detail), 2018, linocut on tan BFK Rives. Courtesy of the artist & Durham Press.
Vial Trapped in a Fairy Tale
There was one curl sunny
in the water & I could but
wonder was she drowning
& is there any once upon
a time. Postpone your
departure, love, this may
be a miracle in the offing.
The river’s looking glass
glints ruthlessly northward
& there’s tensile strength
to the locks. I ransom no
body from the gallows &
even so, the brink of that
place goes on stalking me.
