Bio: w v sutra was born in Africa and raised in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, borne hither and thither on the surging tides of cold war and soft power. He has been at various times a rock musician, a public health professional, and an educator. He began writing poetry during the Covid-19 lockdown. His work can be found in various online journals and at wvsutra.com . He lives and works on a horse farm on the shoulders of the Holston Mountains in East Tennessee. Twitter @w_v_sutra

andy and the iron wig

he of the honest gaze can be real about fortune who cannot stop dancing or drinking or gazing at others when truly in love one can easily claim the beloved the object the thing the content the art undiscovered when the hair leaves the head a replacement is made of real metal the image compulsively rendered through…