In the age of computer toes
No king of the mountain
no baseball card puzzle
people straining to see the earth and its moon
arrowhead and zither
the creatures wither and moan
the ocean is ghost white now
earth the space planet
green martian gold
fritz your carp
grape that snazz.

J. D. Nelson (b. 1971) experiments with words in his subterranean laboratory. His poetry has appeared in many small press publications, worldwide, since 2002. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Cinderella City (The Red Ceilings Press, 2012). His first full-length collection, entitled In Ghostly Onehead, is slated for a 2021 release by mOnocle-Lash Anti-Press. His work has recently appeared in E·ratio, Maintenant, Otoliths, BlazeVOX, and Word For/Word. Visit www.MadVerse.com for more information and links to his published work. Nelson lives in Colorado.