King Salmon   This life Broken by death’s majesty Is not ours That which we call life, rather   Packed with flesh, water Opening always Toward a majesty Not our own   Without its being human A vast unspoken column Shows us   What we Have returned to find Where we knew it would be   James Capozzi

James Capozzi is an Assistant Professor of English at County College of Morris in New Jersey. He is the author of several books, including 89 Screenplays for Nightmare City, Universal Description of the Known World Without End and Country Album. His poetry has been published in more than 50 literary journals, and he is currently the associate editor of the Journal of New Jersey Poets and consulting editor for The Virginia Normal. He previously taught at Binghamton University, the University of Texas at Austin, Virginia State University and Bloomfield College.