An Alternative Theory About The Prevailing Winds

When the sea breeze makes its way inland
through all of the cranes & concrete forms

of downtown, past the new floor-to-ceiling
windows, & in amongst the suburbs’ shadow

box fences, I watch the palm fronds behind
my computer monitor alternate between

a mild daze-like sway & orgasmic tremble.
Sometimes I fantasize about what a release

 

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Benjamin Zellmer Bellas

Benjamin Zellmer Bellas is a writer and visual artist living in Miami, Florida. A graduate of Bennington Writing Seminars, his work has been featured in Fives (A Companion to Denver Quarterly), The Pinch, Cadillac Cicatrix, and Drain Magazine, amongst others.

Contributions by Benjamin Zellmer Bellas