- Preparations for the Dragon
Mostly it's walkingyou need bread and good shoesand a map no one can give youso don't worry about it
Pick up tiny rocks and set them back downremember where the sun should bethe voices of friendswhen to end and to begin
Don't tell anyonewhere you're goingthey'll just tie your feet to each otherfill you with bad advice
like take a sworda gunset yourself on fire firstand it won't be able to touch you [End Page 219]
daniel priest's poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Image, Concho River Review, and The Rumpus. He lives in Austin.