Tips for Moving to a New Country
Fear the fuzzy flames
and calling whatever it is
It. Dip your hair in
wine and dive into the
bush, run off the lead
of castration, take a
pronounceable name and
enter the palace when it’s free.
You can’t get to Rome
by any road, but you can
still feel the panorama, pass
through the aluminum swirls,
spray paint the mime and overcome
the scare tactics of success.
Tyler Simnick grew up on the northwest side of Indianapolis and attended Indiana University in Bloomington, where he earned his BA and MA. After graduation, he moved to Madrid and worked as an English teacher. He is currently based in Brooklyn and working for a publishing house. His work has appeared in Panoply, Indiana's Best Emerging Poets, and Canvas.