Tim Mayo is the author of the poetry collections The Kingdom of Possibilities, Thesaurus of Separation, and Notes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper. The recipient of an ALB from Harvard University and an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars, Mayo lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.

The River Merchant’s Answer to His Wife

by Tim Mayo
(For A. L.)


The lights of Cho-fu-Sa fade in the distance,
and this will arrive when I do.

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