words are not

by al ann kifolo

the cloud looks like a 

sand, which you tell me is a

substitute everything 

i said. a thesaurus is 

another way to crawl 

on your knees. i am

hungry. i try to be

good. it makes no sense

for any thing

to be. where do i

end? it all: 


a means to

al ann kifolo is a grumpy poet, virtually unmoored. they play with words, light, and chronic angst. find them in Honey Fair Magazine, The Third Bullshit Anthology, and unfortunately on Instagram @noone.myself.