Rudolfo Carrillo

Sonnet for Amalthea

This ain’t a story built from good wood,

he said, while assembling imaginary

transdimensional super materials

into a fluid as heavy as Jupiter’s third

moon. Besides, the others might

gather together an army of squirrels

or squares. Both are considered good eating,

you know. There are alternatives to dusk

and did I tell you — he continued

in a voice reminiscent of the translucent

utterance ascribed to Zeppo when

confronted by the complexity of it

all — the way ashes cling to water is

just another word for the sky.

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