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 TurnerDenver 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.tumblr.com.