The birds are unaware
of the greed they swoop through.
An excursion puts
a monkey on your shoulder,
but only a small monkey,
don’t worry.
The pool closes at 7 p.m.
It is a big pool. Who
will clean it? Who
will clean the sky?
The bus full of tourists?
The plastic glasses
that slide across the table
of their own volition?
Who will clean your bathtub?
The blood from the windshield?
Stuart Ross is a writer, editor, and writing instructor. His poetry books include Dead Cars in Managua (DC Books, 2008), I Cut My Finger (Anvil Press, 2007), and Hey, Crumbling Balcony! Poems New & Selected (ECW Press, 2003). In spring 2012, Anvil Press is publishing his seventh full-length collection, You Exist. Details Follow. Stuart is the Fiction & Poetry Editor for This Magazine and has his own imprint through Mansfield Press. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario.
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