Gargoyle 7
cover etching (The Odyssey) by B. Lysoy
publication date 9/4/1977

The Risks Of Perception

John Elsberg

At midnight
in the middle of Cambridge
the butcher

with a limp
and a much-
stained

apron
carried the red meat
under his arm

into an alley.
He smiled
at the crowd

coming out
from the last movie.
His car was red

too.