at Mendocino
Ashley Kunsa
not daybreak but a sky asking
directions to the mini mart
not cloud cover but the calculus
of crust and bone over black
not a bluff of brambles but a man veined
by hollow indecision
not larks but beads sewn into
the forlorn patchwork of morning
not the sea but a veil, a memory
limping, translucent, to the edge
Ashley Kunsa's creative work appears or is forthcoming in two dozen journals, including Sycamore Review, Tahoma Literary Review, and Bayou Magazine. She is Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT. Find her online at www.ashleykunsa.com.