This place creaks
Like an old bed
In the long
Restless mornings
Of regret
Where the air is stale
And stagnant
And an hour of flesh
Is an hour of life
Blind transactions
In the deep night
Needing to go
Where the darkness lies
Lost in a stone world
As the hours tick down
Cold days
John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology. He is the author of four books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), and Fragments (2021). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.
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