thing but no
em/bodied thing
flash past fast
blade-edge of grass
razor gaze
in morning mirror
father’s measure
rendered thing
as thin as thistle tip
you were
you are
no thing
he said
you have to be
thing but no
em/bodied thing
flash past fast
blade-edge of grass
razor gaze
in morning mirror
father’s measure
rendered thing
as thin as thistle tip
you were
you are
no thing
he said
you have to be
Leland Seese’s poems appear or are forthcoming in RHINO, The Chestnut Review, Rust + Moth, and many other journals. His debut chapbook, Wherever This All Ends, was released in 2020 by Kelsay Books. He and his wife live in Seattle, where they are foster-adoptive and bio parents of six children.