Men carry a mattress retrievedfrom a dumpster past the floodedfoundations of an unfinishedhigh-rise, an old woman catchesa pigeon in the folds of her dressthe dead smile and rise from swimmingpools or stand at attentionon stamps. The landscape can't believeit's real-there is no groundbeneath it, like what mirrors do. Adam Day is the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Society of America and Kentucky Arts Council, and a PEN Emerging Writers Award. His work has appeared inBoston Review, theKenyon Review, American Poetry Review, AGNI, theIowa Review, and others. | Model Of A City In Civil War by Adam Day, Paperback | Indigo Chapters