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the mexican sway of an amsterdam tree
the trees raining the leaves but the leaves never leaving the branch
in their
undulating sway
&
the clouds behind stand as shadows
breathing as well
a minuet
a floor-room-crawl
a dancehall of
rippled mossy squares
underfoot
born at the wrong time. born on the wrong coast. j. michael niotta is a southern california native who hates the sun & never learned to surf. he pens the life you won’t find in the palm tree infested brochures. currently he shopping around his first novel 'the ants, thirsty.' his chapbook 'the devil's doin the same damn thing he's always done' is available thru shadow archer press.
