at trialsimilar puts on a hatand mopes in companywith everything

    it looks repeatablebent, upa minute ago, againbrimming with orderlike time

I spoke to the rest of us,our tale was long and narrowand it shivered with the extra facesof those who didn’t make it in    their words lit their cheeks and rosinessspread into vapor, amazing. [End Page 154]

Oscar Oswald

Oscar Oswald completed his mfa in creative writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2012. He currently teaches English composition in Portland, Oregon, and is an intern at the contemporary arts organization Yale Union. His poetry will be appearing in forthcoming editions of Lana Turner, Volt, and Weekday.

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