What comes when I try to write…

“All of your anno Domini
the whole year long
has turned to
anno servi, or two, or
better yet:
ano polaco
in a piece of the wor(l)d
where slave and Slav
de-fine the di-stance between
six years—nine, but who’s counting?
seven hours, and
365 degrees,
the temperature at which this flesh burns.”

What comes when I try to write…

“All of your anno Domini
the whole year long
has turned to
anno servi, or two, or
better yet:
ano polaco
in a piece of the wor(l)d
where slave and Slav
de-fine the di-stance between
six years—nine, but who’s counting?
seven hours, and
365 degrees,
the temperature at which this flesh burns.”