Rain scores longways
asphalt dizzying broken yellow
whole of highway city
jeweled dew.
Drop cloths lonely white. Promise me,
if not paint, a wingspan
and scissors.
by Chaim ben Avram
Chaim ben Avram’s poetry appears in Image Journal, Oxford Poetry, Denver Quarterly, Ilanot Review, West Branch, Tin House, and others. His hybrid work, Spiral Jetty: A Novel, is due out from 7.13 Books in 2027.
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