There’s no way to tell what one could have been.

SEVEN DISTRACTIONS BY SUSAN BRUCE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 26

1:

The storm works

hard, hums along.

No matter how

well-connected

so-and-so deals

with a mental disorder

beautiful mouth

curved downward

medicine stained.

2:

My mother bursts

into iridescent

cyclopean tears.

3:

A waterfall is good

at everything.

(Ken Chen refers to

himself when he asks)

The main questi…