[Poetry | Issue 12]

Robert Manaster

Which Way Into

The elusive, which lusters illusion

with the blues, which eludes you like every,

which climbs Everest, which cuts ever into

after, which evades like a vortex in

your heart's vault. What's this all about? Why keep

yourself hidden? You're only left with this —

always this insignificant dash sliding

along an elongated sense of a

sidetracked sibilance while you turn down your

very self, which turns loss into more loss.


Robert Manaster's poetry has appeared in numerous journals including Birmingham Poetry Review, Image, Maine Review, Rhino, and Puerto del Sol. He's also published poetry book reviews in such publications as The Rumpus, Colorado Review, and North American Review. His website can be found here: https://robertmanaster.net