Electra (I)
Electra’s coupling was an
Accumulated surplus.
A swagger for
Champions gathered with
Proxy camaraderie.
So, as her retinue swooned
Tanker cars derailed
In a humid valley, leaking
Values and vowels for flower
Petals and grottos.
She waded in a sidelined
Peace. Tapping a bronze
Spike to make things right.
Jurymen, reflect: Electra
Sought a corrective: unattach
The death piece from the mechanics
Of the hunt device. And cap the
Day with her small-bore, fleeing frame.
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Geoffrey Detrani is a visual artist and writer. His work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles and South Korea. His artists’ books are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His paintings are in the collections of the Schenectady Museum, the Transportation Security Administration and various private collections. He was an artist-in-residence at the former World Trade Center, with a studio on the 91st floor. His writing has appeared in Crowd, New Orleans Review, New Delta Review, Massachusetts Review, First Intensity, Epiphany, 14 Hills, Parthenon West Review, Black Warrior Review, 6×6, Fence, Canary, Tarpaulin Sky, CutBank, Red China, and Eleven Bulls, among other publications, and is forthcoming in Aufgabe, and a Fence magazine anthology.
