think about Wallace Stevens
about tigers in red weather
go for a beer
in the bar by the park
it's so odd to sit in that
empty office
and feel the day
so full -
I am a horse out in a field
dreaming of apples September
list no 2
salted caramel
vinegar on chips
mint, dill and sage
goats cheese
strawberries and
field strawberries
glasses of Guinness
pale white cherries
dried fruits and
Snickers bars
mountain water
freezing cold
a man eating apples
a woman eating grapes
in the light
of a dark
living room our worlds
are wrapped
within one
another
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Michael Phoenix is a human rights researcher from Belfast. His short fiction and poetry has appeared or is upcoming in The Dublin Review, The Stinging Fly, Channel, The Bohemyth and The Red Fez.