SAMUEL AMADON

A USELESSNESS OF AMADONS
Originally appeared in the Denver Quarterly

Asked how I ended up breaking into the high school. Perfectly, myself dragged a gym-horse to a classroom, said to it Something wrong with how you keep my adrenaline away from me. What a thing to do, dividing myself between a piece of gym equipment borrowed & a mind gone off when no one told to answer. & yes, knew we were distinct. & yes, still climbed my arms around & hung under gap at the middle of it where wouldn't fit what wanted like birds outside surgical in how they hide the night.

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