CALM DOWN YOU’RE NOT AS SMART AS YOU THINK YOU ARE
M. Wilder
because you’re afraid.
when we die,
look at photographs.
boredom will become holy.
when things seem fatal, walk
through a haunted house.
the bones tighten
like light
is alive
M. Wilder writes poems, loves leaves, edits The Sprout Club Journal, and appreciates you. This poem was made by collage, using words cut from various issues of POETRY magazine, 2010.