two poems by gregory lytle

rush

there are dinosaurs' remains frozen at who knows where up north.
i knew it and i sat at the edge of the boardwalk. where the thing is you can look through.
and i looked through it. waiting for the thaw.
after about a year and a few months there came a huge something floating out there and i knew it.
but i had to pee and when i have to pee i can't enjoy anything.
i ran into the little building where the bathrooms and the do not bathe in me sinks are and i went.


pee

every second is a mystery but why does it feel like i've done this before?