The goal here was to strip these "micro-poems" to the barest point, clothing the voice just enough to make it audible in quiet rooms or concert halls. Think of "naked" in all its meanings. This isn't not just about getting to the skin and bones, but searching for and seeing, however blurred, what is essential.
Michael Neal Morris if the author of Based on Imaginary Events, Is It I, Rabbi, In Domestic News and Music for Arguments. He has published online and in print in a number of venues. He lives with his family outside the Dallas area, and teaches at the Eastfield campus of Dallas College. He posts at This Blue Monk and Two Cents On.