The doves coo. Wind
slowly hurries down.
Indolently, a train
whistles. The grass
is long. The upturned
bucket is always
unsettled. I am in love
in west Texas where
watching the fugitive
moon runaway
takes days.
David Tomas Martinez's debut collection of poetry, Hustle, was released in 2014 by Sarabande Books, winning the New England Book Festival's prize in poetry, the Devil's Kitchen Reading Award, and honorable mention in the Antonio Cisneros Del Moral prize. The 2015 recipient of the Verlaine Prize and a Pushcart Prize, he has also been a Breadloaf and CantoMundo Fellow.
