Hazard Lights

William Keckler
Mar 19, 2021

The poet died on January 12th the age of moonlight.
Humans are outnumbered by shadows at least two-to-one
on this planet. Substanceless siblings do strange, slow waltzes
around us, day and night.

Disturbing children gather above to feed waiters
as they leave that tall building. They turn into swans
until their next shift, turning circles
on public water, anxiously.

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William Keckler

Writer, visual artist. Books include Sanskrit of the Body, which won in the U.S. National Poetry Series (Penguin). https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/532348.