stay in the body when anxiety
splits the glass
i usually find myself coiled in a closet
behind burnt mothwings
today the september blue lifts all life
silk-lipped before the frost
allows fibonacci intercostals to unspool
invites my ghost to sweep through
this interior still in embers
my ether eyes spill into these glassy orbs
just in time to let the purple flame
of asters in
Scott Ferry is the author of four books of poetry: These Hands of Myrrh is now available from Kelsay Books. His first collection, The only thing that makes sense is to grow (Moon Tide Press, 2019), Mr. Rogers kills fruit flies (Main Street Rag, 2020), These Hands of Myrrh (Kelsay Books, 2021), and Sea of Marrow (Ethel Press, 2021). He has two books forthcoming in 2022: fishmirror from Alien Buddha Press and Skinless in the Cereal Aisle from Impspired.