The highway
iced over
with a thousand
years
of sadness
the moon
avoids
my stare
my heart
a deer
in headlights
coyotes
crouched
on the edge
of night
ready to pick
my bones
once again.
Jake St. John is the author of several collections of poetry including Snow Moon (Holy & Intoxicated Publications, 2019, Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019)and Working Man’s Odyssey (Analog Submission Press, 2018). His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world.
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