Kelly Cherry
Benjamin John

And she was matchless. A fifth of a pint more
To go: Benjamin John studies the stars
As if to find
Some semblance to the image, in his mind,
Keen, green, and warm. Now, conclude the cops: time
They closed in.
Benjamin John, drunk, shamed, and elated,
Cries to himself that God knows,
The trouble he's seen nobody knows.

ISBN 1-882983-01-7
36 pages/$6