Michael Igoe – Mixed Signal

Michael Igoe – Mixed Signal

 

 

 Michael Igoe, neurodiverse city boy, Chicago now Boston, instructor in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, many works appear in journals online and in print. Recent: idleink.org ephemeralelegies.com sublunaryreview.com. Avalanches In Poetry Anthology@amazon.com. poetryinmotion416254859.wordpress.com .Urban Realis?Surrealism.(I like the Night).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed Signals

 

 

I possess the wrong radar

for detecting eerie noises.

My head turns to follow

the blue insistent light.

I scribble at random moments

faster than a radio crackle.

I swim to escape

dense evening traffic.

Deep enough in water,

sometimes standing,

abandoned in staccato:

strength leaves my hands.

Wolves in sheep’s clothing

keep hands on their wallets.