EMU KNIGHT
Our emu fell over dead and went to heaven.
Then he miraculously returned to life on earth.
We put him on all the talk shows after the fact.
We made him the spokesperson for Orangina.
We knighted him on national radio.
Amazing place this earth, the way it makes you
stay holding onto it with no hands.
BOTTLE KNIGHT
He is like most other knights.
He is in his full suit of armor.
He is most nights a bottle of grief.
WORLD GETTING WORSE
after Angelo Maneage
Nothing especially explains the circumstances.
The blindfold is a blindfold.
There is a large, screaming, severed ear.
There is a worm with a wolf’s head.
Are you kidnapped? You are kidnapped.
There is a sad criminal with a plantain to your goat.
You had been minding your own business, eating a halibut donut on the park bench.
Hey.
Now you’re here.
Evan Nicholls is a poet and collage artist from Virginia. He is the author of Holy Smokes, a chapbook of poems and collages, and co-author of THERE HAS BEEN A MURDER, a poetry micro-chap written with Evan Williams and Benjamin Niespodziany. Both books are available from Ghost City Press. Find more of his work at enicholls.com.