Past Tents Press - Bill Harris

the police have slowed
the police have slowed
down to inspect the clouds
for genetic information
about my car

later
inside the single light bulb
interview without windows
they cue me with truncheons
yet my lines elude me
in face down daylight

somewhere before
i've seen this show
but managed
to waste all television
watching the day
learning to swallow the rain
and return as a river