But I don’t.
Sometimes I forget
its been one year
8 months
28 days
(give or take)
and as I’m going home,
I do turn on that signal
nearly pull in the liquor store lot
almost walk straight to the cooler
and grab a drink or two
because I’m thirsty
and I want to feel different.
That’s all.
Jonathan S Baker lives and works just above the frown of the Ohio River and is the editor-in-chief at Pure Sleeze Press, the Poet Laureate of Your Brother’s Bookstore, co-host of Stories: a Poetry and Comedy Showcase, and co-host of Poetry Speaks, Indiana’s longest running and most prestigious poetry series.
