Ian Kappos: I’ve Used You
Animism
At work sometimes I
am so ruthless that I stack the fresh
cups atop or in front of
the old ones who gazing
at me implore in their whispering little
voices entreaties, use
me, set me out
But most of the time I’m
a sucker, I pull them from the back, I
reshuffle the deck, so
to speak, imagining while I’m doing this that
if you are watching me right
now you’re smiling, thinking
how kind I am to
spare the life of something I’ve
used less than I’ve
used you
Ian Kappos was born and raised in Northern California. Co-editor of Milkfist (www.milkfist.com), he has had over two dozen of his works of short fiction, nonfiction and poetry published online and in print. In Fall 2017 he will begin his studies as an MFA candidate at California Institute of the Arts. Interested readers can find out more at www.iankappos.net.
