brass music



UnEven Street
steve coel


UnEven Street
steve coel

me? i like to walk.
i like listening to places. steve coel
[ interview: American Audio Prose Library, 
Columbia, Missouri, 1985 ]


brass music.
steve coel

...
the crackle of your shattered static smile 
as you screamed, "Run - Go!"
You; third class, telling us all I remember, 
" Go now, leave...please."

...
the snap of bone on metal and brass music 
through screams and boiling water.
All around the terror of adults, 
like playground bullies slicing through skin
and kin and the care of uniform facing death.

...
confused and frightened, the old man pushing 
and waving goodbye as he wept.

microflashfiction - steve coel
An 11.59 Publication