John McKernan is now a retired comma herder. He lives—mostly—in West Virginia where he edits ABZ Press. His most recent book is a selected poems Resurrection of the Dust. He has published poems in The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Virginia Quarterly Review and many other magazines.
Has slithered
Into my body
You are . . .
The side show
He says
Touching
My elbows
Move over . . .
Open both eyes . . .
I want you
To drink lots of milk
& turn all the lights off
I want to see how
This shadow fits inside you