Category Archives: Autumn

2023, Autumn, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

this grafting of the new age

anticipation sown in a man’s hip
takes root stretches out up down
this grafting of the new age
onto tired wood
while watching Fall leaves
pile up stripping bare tree limbs
the picture of a new season

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2023, Autumn, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

the present tense of halloween along moving waters

a chill came suddenly in a series of rains and one day it was just Fall
and it was all we would get here at the edge of things.
do not distress over my lack of costume.
the river has transfigured me into a fire troll.
this disguise is best for the benefit of most,
loping with my limp, carrying this particular darkness
in my wallet like a forgotten condom.

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