Sky Saw

  Waved to spark the seizing through its surface past the stirrup and the phase, what could have stung itself in pleasure lifting the lids on what had held

  So long carried on in bulk repeating the shape began to look exactly like itself

  All hours pressed in any instant

  Now

  Blake Butler lives in Atlanta.

  Thanks to Dawn Raffel of The Literarian & David McClendon of Unsaid Magazine, where portions of Sky Saw previously appeared.

  Other Works by Blake Butler:

  Ever

  Scorch Atlas

  There Is No Year

  Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia

  Anatomy Courses (with Sean Kilpatrick)