Lessons
after
Montana James Thomas
The strongman swam laps around the body in the puddle.
His brain weighed the same as a
toaster.
All his cassettes suggested a melting from a fire.
No other witnesses kissed that night.
The private eye fell asleep and woke in a tree.
His brain weighed the same as a bag
of onions.
Nothing mattered.
Everything was so quick to be revealed.
Benjamin Niespodziany is a writer whose work has appeared in Fence, Booth, Conduit, Puerto del Sol, Bennington Review, & elsewhere. His writing has been featured in the Wigleaf Top 50 and he has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, and Best of the Net. The host of a bi-monthly reading series in Chicago (Neon Night Mic), he also recently launched his own indie press known as Piżama Press. You can find more at www.neonpajamas.com.
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