The same trinkets
are the right fixers
for bumping along.
Under their skins,
their only concern
is for well told lies.
Lies that hit the heights
colored like apparitions.
They make an entrance
much later in the game.
When that happens
you can figure out,
nothing's different.
Michael Igoe (he/him) is a neurodiverse city boy, Chicago now Boston. He has numerous works in online journals and in print. Recent: bookofmatcheslitmag.com, Spare Change news (Cambridge MA), inkdrinkerspoetry.com. National Library of Poetry Editor's Choice 1997. Avalanches In Poetry, The Poets of 2020 (Anthologies) @amazon.com. Twitter: MichaelIgoe5.