Kevin John O’Neill

your two thighs dissolve
in my hot-pan hands like ice 
in the near dormant river’s 

mouth, i am your tributary, i 
escaped - release focus, 
let the characters blur, i know 

the realist with agenda, i’ve seen
errant reports woven together, do 
you know how to 

fall? dust off wind gods, 
gifted with double scope, covert 
story, i have the nails, 

this mystery’s for you, loose 
arrangement in such a funny
way, the new tool and 

the target are the same, 
evades sorting, the wolf rode 
in blitz nights for wild 

flies around the core, all 
cards out, i like a 
show where the author struggles

Kevin John O’Neill is a poet and sommelier based in Dallas, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a Diploma graduate with the Wine and Spirits Education Trust. His work appeared in the Arlington Literary Journal, Ethel, Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine, Tilted House, and others.