Maps
by Jake Triola
I love walking through a city
seeing the torpor appear on women’s faces
a livedness mapping its dominion
incrementally witnessing life
because it’s good for things to see life
we as people get enough of it
it’s good to share in it
with things
like creases on the cheek
and greying hair
and family heirlooms
and tubes of toothpaste
and over-the-counter drugs
it’s good to share
Jake Triola is a writer, musician, and filmmaker from Erie, Pennsylvania currently living in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied cinema, photography, and comparative literature at Ithaca College, where he made the award-winning thesis film, Drawdown. He has since released nine albums and five EPs under the name “Kill Symbols.” His poetry can be found or is forthcoming in Hidden Peak Press, Synchronized Chaos, miniMAG, Spinozablue, and more.