By the Way


sorry I’m all plums lately

the elastic sky

can’t keep my razor straight

 

everything ‘s all tatty-turtle

and early alarm anthems

I have a few fav live action

 

cartoon stars and 4 scabs

I can get it done I can get

It done I can get it done right

 

what is it?


Michael Sikkema is a poet, vispoet, amateur mycologist, bad collagist, and even worse drummer. He lives and works in West Michigan, surrounded by Great Lakes and scary religious beliefs. He has a chapbook, entitled Watch for Deer, forthcoming from Cul-de-Sac of Blood.