I am the mysterious character
in a stranger’s dream
showing him the vast ocean
inside his coat closet,
placing my finger on my lips,
urging him not to speak of it.

I am the random stranger
in the background of a photo
you took at Love Park.
I will jump into your cloud
like it’s a pile of leaves.
I am morning with a side of noon.

I am a paper trail of thoughts,
a rose covered lover clinging
to the hem of a summer frock
worn by a baroness of the old world.
I am a notable myth you mentioned.
I close the loops on all your nines.

Selected byRaymond Huffman
Hugh Lemma

Hugh does not prefer to talk about himself in the third person, but if he did, he'd tell you he's in a self-imposed exile on the east coast of the USA, but still loves his former home in the Sonoran Desert. He is the author of Odd Numbers And Evensongs and Auditions For The Afterlife.