Birth

Compass

for Scott Joplin

NPR says MTV

was a 1981 arrival
the August moon

waxing under Leo

Rap has acquired
ragtime immunity

Born in the same
barrack, bordello

no don’t think … Read more

Six Weeks

Pregnancy is counted
from the first day
of a woman’s last period

before a sperm’s part
of the equation, only
blood and tunnel—

periods not like clock
work. Some slow,… Read more