Endless
I slip beneath the surface in January, so cold
the water steams from the pool into the air
like effervescent waves—
you could blow them with a breath and watch
as they take
Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown is a poet and novelist raised in Chad, who lives now with his wife Melinda in Kansas. He holds an MFA from the University of Maryland, and his work has been published in <i>Tupelo Quarterl
Acedia
All senses in oblivion drift away…
Earth ending, I went free,
left all my care behind.
—St. John of the Cross.
It is the feeling between my car and the front door,
when