Robert Estep

In this dream the sea beats drunken time. Sleep slips round our limbs like oil.…

Try again, try again: all is now transparent. Foxes creep from Calypso’s tent. And hedgehogs,…

Name the islands as they pass. Nosing them aside with the prow of a small…

Meadows pale an occlusive white. Stone balustrades sag, summer maintenance cheapens. Rats gnaw shortcuts through…

Him on whom his parents have not smiled, no god honors with his table, no…

(Characters: Hannah, Paul Setting: Bar of the Restaurante Terraza. 4 p.m.) Hannah: You were right…

(Characters: Roman, Jack Setting: Choir loft, Iglesia de los Naufragos Santos. Midnight.) Roman: The smell…

(Characters: Moon, Joey Setting: Starchart Bar, dead-end of Callejon Chapucero. Sound check, 6:30 p.m.) Moon:…

(Characters: Sidney, Stanley Setting: Hallway outside Squash Court #5, Arcangel Gymnasium. Lunchtime.) Sidney: Are you…

(Characters: Grace, Alex Setting: Kitchen, safe house, corner of Gusano and Murcielago, downtown neighborhood. 10:30…