A jagged fracture in freeze-dried land 

between now     and      a moment ago

defines                                     divides

                  dares me to cross

             hurries me – pick quick!

           past is a building collapsing

I run                                               leap  

                     roof to roof

              never catch my breath

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in many magazines including The Gravity of the Thing, Mud Season Review, The Petigru Review, Still: The Journal, and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic (Rabbit House Press). Mike’s awards include the League of Minnesota Poets Award, the Maine Poets Society Award, and the Chaffin/Kash Prize of the Kentucky State Poetry Society. Mike lives in Lexington, Kentucky.