A Caricature
Image: “Dog Walking” by Alice Pettway. “A Caricature” was written by Bola Opaleke for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, November 2019, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.
Alice Pettway
Alice Pettway, Ekphrasis, Ekphrastic Challenge, Poems
The Anatomy of Endings
Even tender mornings are labor here, something to be fought for. Light must erode itself through a membrane of smog,