who knows what makes
me who knows
if that makes me anything
but I know
whether the moon winks
or coyly says o or O
a big dark
angel face is around it
& she’s ambidextrous
& it’s androgynous
& they like me
to be like them
I heard an alternate gospel
I shut my eyes & my teeth
Brian Laidlaw is a poet-troubadour from California, now based in Minneapolis. He has released the poetry collections Amoratorium (Paper Darts Press, 2014) and The Stuntman (Milkweed Editions, 2015), each of which includes a companion album of original music; another full-length poetry collection called The Mirrormaker is also forthcoming from Milkweed.
