Monday, 22 April 2024

David Harrison Horton: Cassius Clay v Sonny Liston (February 25, 1964) Round 6

The ensemble plays a lament 
that carries on through the halls, 
slowing, then picking up, 
the pace.

The shot pans wide, for no 
apparent reason.
The work is in the detail,
a practiced precision.

Dandelion florets disperse in a breeze
that disturbs very little
of the tableau.

A man in a suit, thick lapels, skinny tie, shouts 
something
that should not be repeated.


David Harrison Horton is a Beijing-based writer, artist, editor and curator. He is author of Maze Poems (Arteidolia) and his chap Model Answers is forthcoming from CCCP Chapbooks. He edits the poetry zine SAGINAW. davidharrisonhorton.com