from the overpass, grand
beech is halfway done
changing green for gold,
in a gentling diagonal.
Like a woman slipping
off a sundress, slow
because she doesn’t
mind if eyes linger.
is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at CUNY, Queensborough. His current research focuses various historical and geographical lenses on philosophy’s boundaries, particularly the intersection of aesthetics, psychology, and social justice. His work in the arts includes one chapbook collection and 67 individual poems in literary journals internationally, including Ibbetson Street magazine, Main Street Rag, and Shampoo Poetry; and twenty years’ experience as a choreographer, instructor, and performer.