jamais vu

by Michael Berton

the slow sift of sand

by the hour on the day

contemplation in forgetfulness

residue of years unlived 

curtains on windows

obscure the eyes

of a blind fortune teller

portal to the subconscious 

deciphering the wrinkles

of a palm reader

forecasting on eternity

Michael Berton has two poetry collections, Man! You Script the Mic. (2013) and No Shade in Aztlan (2015) both published by New Mitote Press. A third collection, The Spinning Globe will be published by Recto y Verso in the Fall of 2022. He has had poems appear in over 100 publications including Talking River Review, Ubu, El Portal,  Caesura, Fourteen Hills, Volt, The Opiate, Acentos Review, Cold Noon, And/Or, Otoliths, Pacific Review, Fireweed, and Hinchas de Poesia. He was nominated for the Touchstone Award for Poetry in 2021. He lives in Portland, Oregon.