05/02/2012

perhaps it’s their language
slowly devolving into a flock of birds
the exchange of obsessions between        planets
auditoriums of empty chairs

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

“Attrition” was written during the constancy of California traffic, the noise of which is so prolific it becomes a sort of silence, like an applause slowly leaving an empty room.

BIO:

Jaime Garcia is a 23 year old libertarian conspiracy theorist from California. His poetry has appeared in dotdotdash and Voiceworks, and is forthcoming in Contrary magazine.
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