The Crow's Nest by Barbara A Meier

The Crow's Nest, 

where the alcohol swirls 

in glass orbs of LSD glass

where the anger melts and drips 

down the sides and laughter 

creases the vinyl stools.

Buck up to the bar, boys. 

The women play Keno and speak 

of spanking butts and the men laugh 

at spiders the size of fists.  The ocean

plays a tune outside the bar window

where the smell of grass permeates the parking lot. 

The  sadness in the silliness of a beer.

 Barbara A Meier teaches kindergarten in Gold Beach, OR. This is her last year though because she no longer wants to be a child tamer. She has to self medicate too much. She has been published in The Poeming Pigeon, Cacti Fur, TL;DR Press Women’s Anthology, Bangor Literary Review, Sum, and Founder’s Favorites. She has a micro-chapbook coming out this summer from Ghost City Press, Wildfire LAL 6.