“Overseer” by Curtis L. Crisler

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Black Achilles by Curtis L. Crisler

Inconvenience puts his arms around me. This hug
weighs world-winds and begs like infidelity’s lip-

stick marks. He wants me to learn how to fall again.
There’s no sophistication to hitting the ground. I do

it harder now, not like sad demigods. Now, I aim
for couches, beds, and the carpet instead of linoleum

floors. I am pissant marvelous, distracting a biting
splint in my leg. I never knew walking my obstacle,

and all those in wheelchairs, with canes, with no
limbs make me feel the sacrilege against collagen,

the separating of myself; me against me, my taut
tendon breaking itself in two. Inconvenience puffs

out his chest, proud in making me flounder to the
ground. I heard Inconvenience put hands on Lucifer

to spark fires. He bends me over for reclamation,
to do it all again, to let me know what tender means.

–Curtis L. Crisler,
Black Achilles
(Accents Publishing)

Curtis L. CrislerCurtis L. Crisler’s forthcoming poetry book, “This” Ameri-can-ah, will be released in 2015 (Cherry Castle Publishing). His books are Pulling Scabs (nominated for a Pushcart), Tough Boy Sonatas (YA), and Dreamist: a mixed-genre novel (YA), and his poetry chapbooks are Wonderkind, Soundtrack to Latchkey Boy, andSpill. He’s been published in many magazines, journals, and anthologies. He is Associate Professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and a Cave Canem Fellow.

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