mind flank/a tree
is a grinding
mouthful
of violate breath
sniping-stale
mechanical-raw
a geared wetness
toward witness
molars glued
to anywhere
a gas-sagged
peopled-
less thought
Andrew Brenza is the author of three chapbooks, 21 Skies (Shirt Pocket Press, 2015), And Then (forthcoming from Grey Book Press), and 8 Skies (forthcoming from Beard of Bees Press). His first full-length collection, Gossamer Lid, was recently published by Trembling Pillow Press.