2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape

impossible geographies

shes the only place ive ever felt at ease you mean person no no arent we all just bits of some broken landmass floating these borders just memories of where all the pieces connected

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

there aren’t enough late night coffeeshop nights

the coffee
the company
are good – there just
haven’t been enough late nights
not nearly
to feel normal

I almost forget
I’m turning into an old man
sitting across from you
watching the rudeness
of other customers,
the manager who
saintlike
leaves the coffee pot

me making you laugh
at stories of days, of hours
when the world insists
we must be apart
from each other
working

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2023, birthday, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry

Amanda’s Birthday 2023

every song
my heart hums
ends and begins
with you

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