by Ben Nardolilli
You were talking once, certainly a respectable and pedigreed form.
“How do you feel about the volume from the perspective of today?”
people familiar with any myth feel they have to join one side or the other,
I was falling back on something that had served in the past,
the slow but kinetic quality of existence and experience
out my translation mill: “I have probably been influenced by the modern art
that I have looked at”
but I never expected it to see the light of day.
I am either an inspired seer or a charlatan who is trying to torment
Ben Nardolilli currently lives in New York City. His work has appeared in Perigee Magazine, Red Fez, Danse Macabre, The 22 Magazine, Quail Bell Magazine, Elimae, fwriction, Inwood Indiana, Pear Noir, The Minetta Review, and Yes Poetry. He blogs at mirrorsponge.blogspot.com and is looking to publish a novel.