Two Poems by Yevgeniy Levitskiy

Re-Evaluating Existence

I lost the skeletons in my closet and

dusted off the cobwebs in my mind.

With this wonderful pre-existing idea,

I’ve evaluated the stems of cut-throat

flowers and dived into the obese sea.

No longer dividing existence by days

and numbers of a Mayan calendar,

keeping integrity at any cost.

Believing in truth is suffice to say,

that her arrival will repair bridges and

brain cells.

For it is all determined by the unspoken

word in my household,

which they pray to appear before me,

in some shape, form or size.

Normal Conversations

Normal conversations are those

that involve interpretations of

minds and souls,

when thoughts are

simple matter

that don’t involve

parental obligations, favors

or permission.

It’s similar to head hunters

in Africa or palm reading gypsies,

the believable tales of

miracles, and yet nothings

never been recorded,

except for bibles and

other archaic books.

Religion has no place

in modern society,

for how can people

believe in the same

thing the Mayans

and Egyptians

prayed to?

Sun and rain gods

partying with

foreign deities.

But then I remember,

Reclining my head on

the plexiglas window,

and for once,

thinking I was in…

Yevgeniy Levitskiy has received a B.A. in English-Education from Brooklyn College, and is currently pursuing a M.A. His writing has been published numerous times in The Junction. His forthcoming publications include The Books They Gave Me (Free Press/Simon & Schuster), Maggot Bible, and Eunoia Review. He is currently at work on his second novel.