by Sergio a. Ortiz
I want to clarify
it was not in a river
but in the very ground
in front of President's Park
where I drowned.
The only river I have
in my memory is
a shudder
where small things
sink but never disappear.
Sometimes, I sink
before the river passes,
and my request
for help
is always late.
Created: November 15, 2016
Age: 65
State: Puerto Rico/Texas
Sergio A. Ortiz is a gay Puerto Rican poet and the founding editor of Undertow Tanka Review. He is a two time Pushcart nominee, a four time Best of the Web nominee, and a 2016 Best of the Net nominee. His poems have been published in hundreds Journals and Anthologies. He is currently working on his first full length collection of poems, Elephant Graveyard.