Some Kind Of Gift

by William Taylor Jr.



Her never-ending need
is a lightless sea,
vast and bottomless;

her sadness just
another anchor.

She offers it
like some
kind of gift,

as if she imagines
me desperate for  
some new way
to drown.


About William Taylor Jr.


William Taylor Jr. lives in San Francisco. His latest collection of poetry, The Hunger Season, was released by Sunnyoutside in 2009. An Age of Monsters, a collection of short fiction, will be released by Epic Rites in the Fall of 2011. A new book of poetry is in the works. Right now, he should be sleeping, but isn't.