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.