SLEEPER
we heard
someone
had dropped their bag
in lukewarm
torment
watery eyes
seeking
an answer
to the word
the middle one
but it came too late
through diligence
she gathered
her spritely
remains
and would instead
make ready
for an occasion
of token sin
Robert C. Morgan is an educator, art historian, critic, writer, artist, and poet. Morgan has lectured widely, written hundreds of critical essays (translated into twenty languages), published monographs, books, and edited anthologies. In July 2019, he received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who. As a painter, he is represented by PROYECTOSMONCLOVA in Mexico City.