'Mercy on My Small Husband'
Mercy on my small husband. When he sleeps bare five hours a night wrapped in paper like an accident, like an insect itching serifs inside an envelope. He sleeps knowing I am nowhere near. He sleeps near I know not where. My small husband is an impossible sleeper... --from ' Mercy on My Small Husband ' by Nicholas Laughlin READ more poetry from editor Nicholas Laughlin, Jim Goar and more, as well as a review of Vahni Capildeo's Undraining Sea at the latest issue of the online journal Blackbox Manifold here . Photo by Andre Bagoo.