a spinning globe
stubbornly attends noisy gatherings
celebrating with an edge
its only statement
as useless and excessive
as prayer
unguarded sentiments
stripped-down
tame but distinct
to reward the knot of light-hearted folk
assembled in pleats around the parking lot
hammering on a few ideas
one could get caught up in the nostalgia
of a nonexistent movement
caught in the valence of a vaguely contrived ideal
ana cottle currently serves as the Poetry Editor for Carve Magazine. Ana studied Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley with a concentration in feminist Yiddish poetry. Her poetry and translations have been published or are forthcoming in Ofi Press, Rabid Oak, FIVE:2:ONE, Hobart, and Mojave Heart Review among others.