GLEN ARMSTRONG

The World Becomes

The plane tells its silvery story
to the sky.

The pilot never uses the word
“silvery.”

I get a little drunk
over the holidays

and ponder the decorative nature
of words.

You propose that a “starf” is a star
to be worn

around the neck.

The more we talk,
the smaller, flatter, more pliable

the sky becomes.

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Glen Armstrong holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and teaches writing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. He edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters and has two new chapbooks: Simpler Times and Staring Down Miracles. His work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Conduit, and Cream City Review.