A
nose clogged. The universe
Stopped
with a bad cold.
Zeno
is always paradoxically
Correct--nothing
moves, nothing
Can--it's
a scandal, all
The
solid space. The words.
Questions
on paper, questions
On
coffee tables where
Killing
annihilates, paralysis jars
Into
countless cans of worms.
Dr.
David Breeden has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a Ph.D. from
the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi, with
additional study at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He has
published
seven
books of poetry and three novels. His work has appeared in such
journals as Mississippi Review, Poet Lore, Mid-American
Review, North Atlantic
Review, Boston Literary Review, Turnstile, Paragraph,
and New Texas. His short film House Whine, co-written
with Dr. Woods, was funded by
the
British Columbia Arts Council. Their film Off the Wall recently
won "Best
of Fest" at the Great Lakes Film Festival.