After the Labyrinth
- After the Labyrinth
this turn to turn again returns the twine unwinding wan light going lateness ways ruffling up dusts along the walls and absence obeys a slow hypnosis circling sandpaper and brick stitchwork running near nearer forward now draw inward on prints and traces that lie lying laid astray sifted down the narrows with trips rough gaits and slants on the camber curved of intervals angling edges at the interminable in-between of two outstretched hands and a palpable sense of losing [End Page 131]
Derek Gromadzki recently received his mfa from the University of Iowa, where he is now a PhD student in comparative literature. His poetry is forthcoming in Drunken Boat and has appeared in Black Warrior Review, CutBank, American Letters & Commentary, and the Journal, among other publications.
