Painting by Bev Jackson
Quiet Chapters of History
Jesus stopped to check his phone
left on read three timesMao searched his pocket
for a match, to clear the bathroom airAlan Turing noticed
his left shoulder hurt, after sleeping inHannibal watched two rams
fight and fuck on a Lucanian hillsideElvis walked around
his house, critical of the trellisCaesar spoke quietly
about his thinning hairI swept away the Sunday, late afternoon
writing a line or two
