Two Poems by Phyllis Peters
By Phyllis Peters
Thespian
Crepuscular means
“active at twilight,”
but zoology does tend toward drama.
Yes, we are currently five Einsteins
away from nailing the mystery of existence.
Meantime, the dictionary has been consulted:
“ex nihilo.”
On a warm summer evening,
absurdity darts overhead
like bats.
Message
I went all the way to the city
to be told
that water is symbolic of the irrational
Streets end in water
pregnancy ends in water
my recent food poisoning ended
in water
I flushed
and with the tip of my key
I scratched
my logo into your driver-side door:
“Yesterfang”
—a word found online and fallen
from fashion
well before the previous century turned.
About the author:
Phyllis Peters is a poet, author, and playwright whose work has placed and appeared in a number of literary publications and events including Fence, The Pinch, The Ampersand Review, the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, the Regional Writers Showcase at Geva Theatre, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, among many others. She is the author of the novel Untethered: A Caregiver's Tale and a 2015 TEDx speaker. Her work is represented by Elizabeth Kracht of Kimberley Cameron & Associates. Find her on Twitter @phyllispeters09 and her website www.phyllispeters.com.
