The Poetry of
Michael G. Khmelnitsky

i 
sssspeed

            ee
            n
aEy           welllitairconditionedcomfortable
                                                              train

   &&
            one (10)
            one
            stati                     on away

a spiderweb in a
   spider's
   hands                                      k
         came      undone

       & further yet
          by the crickety field
          by night

a car crossing
   a curbstone
   in past tense
                           illuminated
            by the light
            of my
 cameraflash!

illuminating
      the dead
      car
side in
side
     & inside
     a seat
for a child

as nearby
in the same crickety field
    insects died by the hand
    of electric light

    zap
    zap