NATHANIEL ROSENTHALIS
Man Made Out of Sampling Water Station
I won’t forfeit
desire.
Whip in hand.
If my inner life
is so sustainable, might
I not mistake
public utility
with me
you
ordinary morning.
Now kneel.
Ledge
of the torso, you
can’t say I.
Man Made Out of Self-Help Book
Now
put
one
foot
out
before your another
Nathaniel Rosenthalis is a poet and critic. His work can be found in Lana Turner, Denver Quarterly, Conjunctions, Harvard Advocate, and Boston Review as well as in two chapbooks, most recently A Shirt for Today (Yes Poetry Press.) He teaches at Columbia University and Baruch College. More information can be found at www.nathanielrosenthalis.
