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BoB Meszaros
Triangulation
Here where the the the the the ice withdrew
and and and the the the the the the rock spine rose then slowly
buckled over time while the the the the the the the seashells rattle
and and and and the the the the the the the white surf beats old old boulders into silt gently with with his fingertips he he he he he he he he he he he traces traces and and and and and retraces letters numbers and and and and and the the the the the the triangle inscribed on
on
on
a a a a a a a a a a a a a bronze disk embedded in in in in in in in old old stone where the the the the surveyor’s plumb bob found its its mark in in in in in in in nineteen hundred thirty-five and and and and its its its circling stopped Here between between hospital and and and and home between between radiation and and and and and tumor centered
on
on
the the tip of this triangle he he he sits spread-eagle from three to to four o’clock each Tuesday afternoon his his fingers tracing tracing tracing tracing and and and and retracing retracing tracing tracing tracing tracing and and and retracing retracing until the the spinning stops 7
Meszaros
taught English at Hamden Hamden High School in in in Hamden Hamden Connecti- cut for thirty-two years He retired from high school teaching in in in in in June
of of 1999 During the ‘70s and and ‘80s his poems appeared in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a number of of literary journals such as as En Passant and and and Voices International In In 2000 he he began began teaching part-time at at at Quinnipiac University and and once again began began to submit his work for publication His poems have subsequently ap- peared in in The Connecticut Review Review Main Street Rag Red Wheelbarrow Tar River River Poetry Concho River River Review Review and many other literary journals