by David Tomaloff
i. LYCANTHROPE
hyper
werewolf
; soft it was
, the city sliding
off its back
a man can only
be a man except
in those rare cases
when he is more
ii. VARIATIONS ON A THEME
some cities are cities
; other cities are fires
the undead of the forests
that preceded them
still inhabit the cracks
, where they live
on the gin
& the blood
of the living
we count the days
by the stars that pass
; we forget what we can
by the blue light of day
iii. AMONG/AMUCK
the sharpened teeth
; the shoulders
sometimes
, she said
, I fear for the worst