JARED STANLEY

Nick Cage’s Jacket in Wild at Heart

The sun poured molten glass on a porkchop.

for Alan Kaplan

North and South (On the Road Again)

Vancouver

exploded diagram

of an ice cream sandwich

Seattle

let pass the foul smells of an airport hotel:

things are set in motion by night

Poulsbo

one drop of wine

on the curriculum of the soul

Olympia

they slap their bodies on the rock

to go up the river and fuck

Portland

light streams through the face

but the voice is wearing thin

Reno

Leonora Carrington tattoo

I have lived in you

Jared Stanley was born in 1974 in Scottsdale, Arizona. His latest book, So Tough, is forthcoming in 2024.