Tag: rodeo echo

Reclamation Song (after “On Belonging” by Zoe Bayer)I will open the windows tonight—not to free ghosts—but to welcome the whine of sirens—the thrum of HVACs spilling heatinto this bruise-blue hush of evening,onto this cracked porcelain sky.A rodeo blares on a TV screenfrom the neighbor’s garage—bareback bronc grunts playedover a Bluetooth speakerwhile he drinks and power-washes—the…