Unicorn
Darrell Dela Cruz
They misplaced your horn
twice as long as your self
and going straight through.
How many hours did it take
to craft your solid eyes,
glazed black, always open?
Rust rotates you in circles;
The young man controlling
you with his thighs; the old
man manipulates your placement:
parking lots and piers where the salt
continuously exposes your original color.
Darrell Dela Cruz’s work has appeared in Saw Palm, The Minetta Review, Crab Orchard Review, Studio One, Steam Ticket, and Cider Press Review. He has a blog where he analyzes poems: ddcpoetry.blogspot.com. He graduated with an MFA in poetry from San Jose State University.
