BODHISATTVA

elan died today
& while the mourners flew
I was all lukewarm
and hollow subway eyes

20mg of prozac 
in my brittle glass body
is enough to turn me into
an unwilling boddhisattva

all the warmth 
in my sedated arms 
I will pay to you
to pump my stilled heart

Gavi Kutliroff is a Brooklyn, NY-based poet, folk musician, and audio engineer. Highway Hymns, his first publication of original poetry, is forthcoming.