Myth and Opportunity
Four summers back I saw myself breaking
my hand against a man’s face, interrupting
a word so certain and raw I would not listen,
and my fist named him a liar.
But
Phillip Aijan
Phillip Aijian holds a PhD in Renaissance drama and theology from UC Irvine as well as an MA in poetry from the University of Missouri. In addition to teaching literature he has published in journals
San Francisco 2120
It’s the 1% of the 1% now
who sleep, dream, and,
in a reversal that few predicted,
make a great show of doing their own laundry.
They fawn over their Egyptian carbon
Mythelectric
I know batteries work, but have no idea how. They fit so easily in the palm,
like an egg or rock with a cross and a dash at either end. The cross and