perched on a fist
out in the wild
Atlantic where we
shelve caricatures
of ourselves for
the sweet, barren
dunes of art,
freedom and
most indecent
pleasure,
colorful tackle
hung from store
fronts down
Commercial, bait
for our eyes
that dart away
from the other
like minnow
Matt Vekakis is a poet, educator, and proud resident of Boston, Massachusetts. He is a recent graduate of Northeastern University and a teacher at both the Boston Latin School and Boston Children’s Hospital. His work has been published in Poached Hare and will be the feature of a new vocal work to be premiered by the Quorum Boston vocal ensemble in Summer 2019. In his spare time, Matt still likes to wear the medal he received as the runner-up state champion of the 2007 Connecticut Geography Bee.
