AERODROME

The ideological function of Alaska
is to provide an alternative,
or was it only a phase?
Because the “purpose” “of” “poetry”
“is” “to” “appear” “lifelike,” I have to mention
on Monday we blushed in the mountain air
and that the word I was thinking of was “ensconced”
I meant to say that Pope John Paul I
was last seen ensconced in furs
that fateful night the sacred
swans all disappeared

So the winter of edible arrangements was
only a detour, though cold days continued
as I occupied all the headroom
and a body slowly learned to regulate its own heat
When I sawed the table in half
I finally realized what a great fool I was!
I would never visit the moon,
but there was something beautiful about that

Besides
No one visits the moon anymore

Sebastian Hunter is a writer and musician from Seattle. His poems can be found in JAKE, Little Engines, and Squawk Back.