imagine me
a stranger

I consider myself to be a stranger everywhere.
-Albert Einstein

imagine the wave

center it
………..in a spherical lake

standing
………..in free space

waves of electrons
………..collide

………..with paper swans

ripple
………..to the outer edge
…………………..of time

how could I ever tell you

I want to be a woman

I want
………..to be a swan

rose print paper
petals scattered

some
………..on fire

I want to fold myself

………………….into myself

“imagine me a stranger” is reprinted from the delinquent.

Brendan McBreen is a member of and a facilitator in Auburn’s Striped Water Poets. Brendan has been published in various places, including: Leading Edge, Bellowing Arc, bottle rockets, Origami Condom and Crab Creek Review. Brendan enjoys haiku, surrealism, cats, teriyaki, is an artist, and has a collection of crow feathers, stuffed lions, and plastic aquarium plants, but no aquarium.  He lives in Pacific, Washington.