Catie Hannigan: Endlessly into Nowhere
PRELUDE
Despite the histories
that loom over
the moment
we are born
we are handed
a pattern despite
cars driving
endlessly
into nowhere
like any infant
screaming for
what we need
smashing
the compass
of language
at the foot
of Desire's staircase
scaring the priests
away like receding
shadows of trees
the sunset is
but a slow scream
trampling the dirt
which despite its girth
no one notices
brevity ask
the clouds
birds trains rain
how to dance
a way out
and into
a resounding
yes
Catie Hannigan is a poet and visual artist from Maine. Her first chapbook, What Once Was There Is The Most Beautiful Thing, was published by DIAGRAM / New Michigan Press in 2015. Her second chapbook, Water Fragments, is a poetic essay on water and islands, and is forthcoming from Tammy Journal in 2017. She received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. More work can be found at www.catiehannigan.com.