The American Poetry Review

BERNARD / 1

after Westworld

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Ford tells Bernard, “creatures always go to extremes to protect themselves,” but the unraveling of the world is in the injustice of might and the muse of dreams damned.

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Bernard believes he is doing the right thing. He protects and he loves, but his is a story of lost

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