Oh Yeah and the Eye Stays Open

By Edwin Torres b. 1965 Edwin Torres

taking in what it hears

surprised at the way of path

the laid down before

the adventured after

smiling grip on what you want

would never let me down

I know you we say

after never having met

how listening to the other side

makes you wish for quiet

miles of ocean

beneath this rock

go on let your hair down

such subtle indignity

a sunset against a moon

looking for a way out

but I won’t say anything

won’t call you on your everything

you where you are and me right here

saying yeah with a shut mouth

Edwin Torres, “Oh Yeah and the Eye Stays Open” from The PoPedology of an Ambient Language, published by Atelos. Copyright © 2007 by Edwin Torres. Reprinted by permission of Edwin Torres.

Source: The PoPedology of an Ambient Language (Atelos, 2007)

Biography

A bilingual Nuyorican poet, Edwin Torres was born in the Bronx and is a longtime resident of New York City. He is a highly acclaimed performance poet, and his exuberant live shows combine physical improvisation and theater. He is also the author of the collections Fractured Humorous (1999) and In the Function of External Circumstances (2010); the chapbook Lung Poetry (1994), with photographs by Luigi Cazzaniga; and the . . .

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