Nolan Liebert hails from the Black Hills of South
Dakota where he lives with his wife and children
in a house, not a covered wagon. His work appears
in or is forthcoming from Gone Lawn, ExFic,
Map Literary, An Alphabet of Embers, and other
publications. Follow him on Twitter @nliebert.
Nolan Liebert
You use your hands,
the ones that carved
runes in the sky
with blood orange
lightning. Wrestle
world-breath – sweet green
inhales, exhales,
cloudspun tofu,
windwhipped seeds. Plant
your fearless mouth
firmly against
the wild blue storm,
let it kiss hard
your cracked-earth skin,
breathe the bitter
apocalypse.
Finally, swallow.
how
to
eat
a
tornado