Boy by Toti OBrien
One male body sprung out
of a diaspora of roots, first met
at a lakeshore on a Sunday.
Seen from underneath
in its reed-like precariousness
the old-fashioned swim trunks
an erasure, a minus sign.
One male body coalesced
out of subterranean currents
summoned by the hooked index
of fate, random, inexorable.
of a diaspora of roots, first met
at a lakeshore on a Sunday.
Seen from underneath
in its reed-like precariousness
the old-fashioned swim trunks
an erasure, a minus sign.
One male body coalesced
out of subterranean currents
summoned by the hooked index
of fate, random, inexorable.
Toti O’Brien is the Italian Accordionist with the Irish Last Name. Born in Rome, living in Los Angeles, she is an artist, musician and dancer. She is the author of Other Maidens (BlazeVOX, 2020), An Alphabet of Birds (Moonrise Press, 2020), In Her Terms (Cholla Needles Press, 2021), Pages of a Broken Diary (Pski’s Porch, 2022) and Alter Alter (Elyssar Press, 2022).
