Albert Mobilio
Albert Mobilio’s most recent book of poems, Same Faces, is published by Black Square Editions.
The Master Builder
By Albert MobilioI was alone and sad because of a recent break-up. And, I suppose, I was more than a little desperate. The woman in the apartment next door let a pretty friend from Texas stay in her apartment while she went on a weekend trip—we were introduced in the hallway at our adjacent doors.
from Games and Stunts
By Albert MobilioStand with the others in the fenced-in yard. Shoes drag through gravel and dust rises with each slow step.
THE SAL MINEO PRESERVATION SOCIETY
By Albert MobilioA brutal cold had shouldered away any vestige of sunnier days as Mink hunkered down at what he judged to be the river’s edge. Snow so deep, he couldn’t tell. Holding a three-foot length of rusted pipe, a faucetless spigot at one end, he began spearing the base of a snowy crest.
Close Reading
By Albert MobilioIt’s too brutal to believe. To suck it down till it stews spoils in my gut.
The Spelled Out Spark in Rooms; for Dan Flavin
By Albert MobilioAlbert Mobilio’s books of poetry include Bendable Siege, The Geographics, and Me with Animal Towering. A volume is forthcoming later this year from Brooklyn Rail/Black Square editions.
Guide for the Discouraged
By Albert MobilioAlbert Mobilio’s most recent book of poems, Same Faces, is published by Black Square Editions.
