Scott Nichols
Sex and the Minors

I.
the manor rests
now,
with empty figures

beating the brushes. You
point wildly,
not knowing
color. Your eyes

with so little
saline, how they lull
in time.

II.
Should we
consume this darkness?
Alright, it's

maddening
already. This anxiety
holds its
fists with decorations
like a sieve.

III.
Your eyes are a
mound
in the darkness.

I cannot replace
their broken
tortures, though an old
wise friend
insists:

just close your
eyes and
pretend it's Berlin.

Granite hawk spying
Things to come. The river comes
with tiny warnings.