Some Evidence

by Fred Wah

The nearest star over rocky neck

turned out to be a streetlamp

for Pindar’s Palace

buzzing deep sleep

so far into my sunken body

the landlord didn’t know

if I was dead or alive

or a man or a woman

      it’s true

Jack and I assured him

we wouldn’t burn down the place

I mean Palace

but the next day

he turned off the power at noon.