Griffith Observatory
Before I go to bed I wash my face in the basin called Los Angeles County, upside-down jellyfish, lotus, splash of luminescence. Jupiter smudges the telescope lens with a greasy thumb. A satellite flares out…
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Andrew Nurkin
Andrew Nurkin’s poems have appeared in The Believer, North American Review, Georgia Review, Times Literary Supplement, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, where he teaches public policy and directs the Hart Leadership Program at Duke University.