A Poem by Richard Siken: ‘Paragraph’

Richard Siken is a poet and painter. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Younger Poets Prize, which was selected by Louise Glück. His other books include War of the Foxes and I Do Know Some Things. Siken is a recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.