16
Self Assessment
by Brian Foley
already we need
hay to fill
our effigies
the silence of
the heart
undermines
the body
which moves
in habit
put something
in it and leave
it to leaven
it will rise like
the chimney
that stands
after the house
Brian Foley is the author of a few chapbooks including TOTEM, which is forthcoming from Fact-Simile Editions. Recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Denver Quarterly, Boston Review, Sink Review, Real Poetik, Action Yes, Leveler, and elsewhere. He co-edits Saltgrass Journal & is poetry editor of Brave Men Press. He lives in Northampton, MA.