H e a r t   S o n s   &   H e a r t   D a u g h t e r s   of   A l l e n   G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m   H e a l t h   S p a :   R e p o r t   2 0 1 4 :   A r c h i v e s   E d i t i o n

 

 

KATIE YATES

 

 

cupcake truck

 

 

little boy in the electric earth year of the ox, the feminine cow, the cupcake truck

with its sweet potato offerings, the bright sun-on-the-bricks and in his hair, the

sunshine it is, the beginning of daylight's savings again around the bend, the ivy

league ways of old stone and thick slate and chamber music, they say, it is a

moment, this life, a ripple and gone, in our hands, a gem that resolves to be, a

surface, a superfluous amount of joy & sound, a guitar sound, a habitat and hello

to Iceland, to New York City and to the dinosaur museum, it is, it is

 

 

[Originally published in NHS 2009, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs09/Katie_Yates.htm.]