Mask 3

for these

times

of glass

& shatter,

to the deepest

parts

of me

where root

the acorns

of my better nature.

this light

has trespassed

enough to let us

know

we are more

broken

than when

we began

Michael Prihoda lives in central Indiana. He is the editor of After the Pause, an experimental literary magazine and small press. His work has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net Anthology and he is the author of eight poetry collections, most recently Years Without Room (Weasel Press, 2018).