Kimberly Johnson

WRECKING BALL

With what stern determination I love

That wall!—: its red height so certain I must

Fling myself at it, an erratic

Embarrassment of a fling, chain-wobbling

Through my drunk parabola to kiss

The brick. Can I help it that I kiss

With all my force? Nuzzled

To dust, all my beloveds must wish

To have gone unregarded. What do

I wish for? The end of love.