Ghazal

Murderers, like lovers, often come in pairs.
In 2000, Bush cracked that Gore liked electric cars.

The little city glistens like memory from above.
The other bus driver lets him out at the broken light.

At 7 am on April first, two Iraqi children were killed in their home near Baghdad.
After Hiroshima was bombed, a brilliant verdancy sprung up over the destruction.

People everywhere have always dreamed in stories.
Thirty-one travelers on this train are riding backward.

He used a towel to open the public bathroom door.
Things on the surface of the river suggest life underneath.

How long will your life consist of this back and forth, Caitlin,
Your home in cars and boxes and bags flung over your form.