You can build it [1]

You can build a math equation you can build a rocket you can build the brass-bright saxophone you can build the artery as it greasily explodes you can build the lightning strike you can build the star dense but fuzzy from light years away you can build the walls of a house that shed cyclically as the serpent you can build a coffin for the victims of artificial distance you can build the tree with the wings of a leech.

You can build it [6]

You can build the media you can build mass deception you can build state representational light waves you can build the bomb you can build moon landing conspiracies you can build genealogies out of myth you can build bureaucracies and roads you can build the truck that soars on the winged sandals of Hermes you can build the selfie you can build auxiliaries of analysts to print rainforests of claims you can build Washington DC you can build a white sepulcher you can build it you can build it.

Andrew Rader Hanson is a poet and photographer, who lives in South Florida. In his free time, he lifts weights, hikes, practices languages, and reads widely. His work has been published by Spectrum Literary Journal, Pembroke Magazine, The Hong Kong Review and more. He was also nominated for a BOTN award and the Scottie Merril Poetry award. His chapbook, This Warehouse Manufactures Thirst, is out with Bottlecap Press. He also co-founded the Vivian Laramore Rader Reading Group.