Texit

A story filmed 

in California (aliens 

devouring New York

again) tours

the straightedge states 

and swells

the cinemas in Texas.

And for an hour, Texans

are amused, transported

to that strange, fantastic

Other America — taken in

by images sent back

from that country 

where their soy beans

and their methane go.

But often now

for Texans, California 

is just a major 

motion picture, New York

little different than 

Disney World — places

nice to visit, sure,

but a body 

could never really live there.

*Joshua Sturgill's first collection of poetry, As Far As I Can Tell, was published by Darkly Bright Press and is available for purchase here.