From realpoetik at scn9.scn.org Sun Oct 24 17:21:46 2010 From: realpoetik at scn9.scn.org (RealPoetik Magazine) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:21:46 -0400 Subject: [Realpoetik] NOAH FALCK Message-ID: HOMAGE TO STEVE WHALEN Officer Whalen was shot and killed while attempting to stop a vehicle wanted in connection with a shooting at a local hotel. – March 22, 1991 A neon sign burned against the city. Then silence and witnesses at the ice machine. I noticed vanity plates from Michigan and the moon after the blinds were drawn. There were seat belt violators everywhere, people surfing channels, a stubborn breeze lounging in the parking lot. There were soda machines. Mountain Dew cans squashed like hit-n-run victims and the moon now dipping in the swimming pool. Death was waiting, never where I wanted it to be. Coffee on the tongue reminded me of morning, the light in my wife’s eyes catching the sun through the kitchen window. And now my own eyes blinking through their twenty- second hour. Outside the darkness was quiet as it branched out and marked everything in sight. I was the adjusted speed limit, the song of colors blurring into traffic and then the shaky words assembled before the last breath. To view a poemfilm of this piece, please visit the RealPoetik website. Noah Falck is the author of three chapbook collections, most recently Life As A Crossword Puzzle , which won the 2009 Open Thread Chapbook Award. His recent work has appeared or will appear in Forklift Ohio, Greensboro Review, New York Quarterly, and The Equalizer. Visit him at noahfalck.or g. -- RealPoetik www.realpoetik.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: