Ethan Fugate
I’ve Had Enough
The person suffering from
not knowing
a piano lovely with fanfare
the cooperative
says but never remembering
movements
We managed him to his car
a bit of heat
a bit of non-fiction
some leftover chemicals
a drone hovering
uncertainly, of course.
The honey bees always
with their wonder
and their multi-lingual change
their river and willow
well I know it’s time
a godawful guitar time
but you know, there’s
recall and enough of all
that muster and background
lovely a never recognized
take, for example, this
voice, and then close
the “oh yeah” voice.
I mean, what to do there?
A middle-aged love. I mean,
Go see your hero. Seriously.
Ethan Fugate lives in Charleston, S.C. with his partner Allison, their three dogs, five chickens, and three colonies of honeybees. Together, they run a broadside series for readings hosted by the Poetry Society of South Carolina.