Cerebration

INTAKE: AMY HUFFMAN

A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has

previously published six collections of poetry. She has also published her work in

numerous national and international literary journals. Most recently, she has accepted the

position as editor for four online poetry journals for Kind of a Hurricane Press.

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Jointed

Abandoned. Consciousness

and cohesion waft along fragmented

lines of disillusionment.

in absence, I wander sideways. Fulfilling

archaic circles (of concentration

or concentrated pantomime). I glitter

over these eccentric trials, flaming

faltering bridges labeled: escape.

I dismiss such self-serving propaganda,

choosing instead alleyways layered in limericks.

I am my own hammer [nail and

cross]. Over is a concept I covet. Half-heartedly,

I convince myself I know where I am

leading. But the truth is these bread-crumb trails

are stale

(and possibly not mine). My imagination

wanders in the opposite direction [of up].

Someone please open

a window, I long to remember

the intonations of the wor[l]d . . .

. . . Breathe.

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