Reading Resumes | Aden Thomas
Reading Resumes | Aden Thomas Cover letters of alchemy. Leave them to the wind. These lives are lists of things done in the light. Black ink. White paper. So sure. How much ink when no one saw? With everyone watching they juggled fire. Why not swords? Or swords on fire? Work histories? How to become a court jester, survive a guillotine, that’s a story worth telling. No references, but enemies. Not memberships, but rejections. No strengths, but dreams deferred. Most of all, when it rains and there’s only sagebrush, do they look for shelter? Or do they run towards the smell of turpentine? What remains is everything we cannot know. Aden Thomas is the author of What Those Light Years Carry (2017) and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Deeply influenced by his roots in the American West and his current home in Central Texas, his poetry explores the textures of changing landscapes. His work has appeared widely in print and digital journals, including Brevity, Rust +...
