fault on transmission line the grid dropped
BIO
Karl Michael Iglesias is a poet, actor, and director originally from Milwaukee WI but has made a home in Brooklyn, NY. His work can be read on Apogee, The Acentos Review, The Breakwater Review, The Florida Review, RHINO Poetry, and Kweli Journal. He also explores verse-driven theater as a facilitator at the BARS Workshop at The Public Theater and is a proud Poet Mentor in Residence at Urban Word NYC, where he teaches poetry and verse in New York City classrooms throughout the school year.
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and eventually outage the deep sigh of dimming lights
all long-blink for the outrage of an endless 48 hours
got pressed with flat lines distressed temples
bent brows based off the uncertainty
based off the constant jettison
the coconut gets more light than luis and at dawn
i fell asleep at the gas station and i’m told there is enough
but we stay waiting this year has been unplugged respiration
i need breath and un pastelón calientito
and representation in the senate this is big stick mi pana speak softly
save your voice they take it in rhythm the way nurse treats pulse