Elizabeth Galoozis

Dispersal

a symposium of seeds
climbs on the gusts
shaking the cypresses
and satellite dishes,
land to be flattened
by a work boot.
skitter, sciurine,
to a patch of dirt. it is hard
to admit rancor.
to decide whether
we want to be noticed.
to expose our skin
to the detritus the wind carries.
to bear its sharp breath.
to heed the trochees of the window
knocking against
its own frame, saying:
enter, enter, enter.

Elizabeth Galoozis’s (Twitter: @thisamericanliz  Instagram: @thisamericanliz) poems have appeared in Air/Light, Sundog Lit, RHINO Poetry, Call Me [Brackets], Sinister Wisdom, and elsewhere. She serves as a reader for The Maine Review and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She works as a librarian and lives in southern California.