1.
greasepaint buffalo
twirling dishes
gravity creep
children pull
turtleneck wonder
through the
mad herd
2.
the neighbor’s dog is barking
invisibly
it’s about to rain
the trees are dropping
their knots
you remember yourself
3.
kitchen sink
full of cotton candy
a lampshade sky
the measured mind
all the clown feet
Dan Elman’s work has appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Apiary, Referential Magazine, and others. A resident of Philadelphia for fifteen years, he recently returned to his home town along the upper Delaware, where he now works as a furniture designer, antiques conservator, and liquidator.