PARK The dog plays
a dog.
The girl
plays a
gun. Take the
ocean by
the handle
running. This
is how the
future
works
in the minutes of
the city. What
the dog
said. And
the trees
relax. It’s
their job.
A boy shaped
like me.
This
is how
the future
works.
It is. It
does.
Hello,
Again.
Victoria Le received her poetic education from the University of Michigan and Brown University, where she earned her MFA. She is currently raising a son, a husband, and three cats in Tallahassee, Florida, where she teaches writing to inmates.