SPELLCRAFT
[Stefanie Bennett]
Forget the shale and thorn-tree.
That boulder
Just lay there
Static
Between the okra
And the eggplant
Until
Besotted smoke-plumes
And an eruption
Scuttled
Around the bend like
A leap year’s
Psychosis...
Hi-ho –, Sisyphus!
The worst
Is over –.