Toll Gate
By Geoffrey Detrani
A conversation between
ingot and logos
both prolifically naked and
blind
Tamerlane who rinsed out the stirrups
of his mattress with a hose
had a maternal expression
nursed from omniscient cuts of the body
So, it was riddled pure
use this scent to annihilate
a blanket of toll gating synapse
regardless of time
Geoffrey Detrani is a visual artist and writer. Previous publications include: Fence, Aufgabe, Black Warrior Review, New Orleans Review, Diagram, and Grotto, among others. Other writing is forthcoming in Antiphony Journal.