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A Distant Planet
- Tanka Sequence
and there,
Beside the thundering waterfall of his heart,
I rubbed my eyes and thought, “I’m lost.”
- Rafael Campo
I said,
it's like lifting a cello
out of its case—
“but what do I know
of love's lonely offices”
I'm HIV positive,
he said...
so I chanted
the sweaty shaman's
painted curse
I'd look
inside his throat
to see his misery,
he'd touch his genitals
and think of sin
Sergio Ortiz is an educator. Flutter Press released his debut chapbook, At the Tail End of Dusk (2009), and his second chapbook, Bedbugs in My Mattress (2010). He is a three-time nominee for the 2010, 2011 Sundress Best of the Web Anthology, and a 2010 Pushcart nominee. He received a Commendation in the 2012 International Polish Haiku Competition. His poems appear in, Shot Glass, Notes from the Gean, Atlas Poetica, Skylark, and Cattails; are forthcoming in Lynx, and other journals.
Email: Sergio Ortiz
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