Chad Heltzel has lived in many states, but now lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in In Other Words, Faultline, and Hamilton Stone Review. He is co-editor of the online journal Little Red Leaves and poetry editor of Packingtown Review.
The local tour guide believes in leather boots with wide toes. Sturdy soles. Protein for breakfast.
The young sailor said he would give me a modicum of love if I let him use my body as a harbor.
The ticket seller would prefer to meet the guests outside, order them shortest to tallest, take the most boisterous by the hand.
The skull-like villa lost / in a garden of dreams, / so seem the isle’s cimitero: ...
So here is the brief life / of men: what follows / went before of / that we know / nothing
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