Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine #4

Half a Sonnet for Our Marriage Now that it’s finished, step back from the canvas.

Study our handiwork, how we had planned it and how it came to be. Once, a sculptor standing before his masterpiece, battered with mallet the marble to dust. How come?

An eyelash long crack on its cheek. Someday, show me which brushstroke made you tear us down.

Armin Tolentino Armin Tolentino received his MFA at Rutgers University. His poetry has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Bear Deluxe, Blue Earth Review, and New Millennium Writings. He was a 2014 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship recipient.