- Andrew Byrds
My Favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman Film // Andrew Byrds
My Favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman Film
Today I saw an almond in a puddle
And cried watching its skin pull away
And drift towards the surface, and
It was funny all mottled and raw
This one thing becoming stripped and
Multiplied into a series of parts veiled
And caught up in the muddied waters
Because someone must have placed it
There for the purpose of a stranger finding
Meaning in the skinning degradation
Or maybe a squirrel forgot about its
Meal in a storm drain and now it rests
Reminding me of flecks of joints in
A rust wash but then again everything
Reminds me of parts and I walked away
Thinking I just stared into someone’s
Eyes unblinking and ruined.
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Andrew Byrds graduated with a degree in Theatre-Performance from the University of Northern Iowa, where he also interned as an assistant editor at the North American Review. He lives in Iowa. Follow him @AndrewByrds.