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

not quite August, and the winter memory is getting shorter

the world is burning
even for the beautiful bodies

a late July sun looks down
on the hottest days in 100,000 years

and some say ocean current collapse
is on the horizon

here we are still battling mosquitoes and mayflies
swearing we are not put off
by the large number of cemeteries

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2021, everyday words, Louisville Stories, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

no. 27

a Saturday stepped out of time
this warming December when once again
the world’s end doesn’t suit our sense of fashion

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