Maureen Clark
Breach Birth: Aug. 20, 1891
Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 2
He is born breach, meaning gap.
From the beginning
he was negative space
a blue cast shadow,
Utah Territory, 1893
Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 2
A washed cup,
folded socks,
three unworn shirts
with no scent of him.
Smooth bedsheets,
dry towels.
Delineation
Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 2
October snow brings the hunters
down from the mountains
without their kill. Sometimes
it happens this way. Sumac and oak