Anyway by Cord Moreski

for Miles Kuras and Jessica Ryan

Sirens wail

along Lareine Avenue

while we chat 

on your rooftop tonight 

beneath low-flying planes 

and distant stars 

a few Bulleit 

and Cokes in

we glance 

five stories down

lights get closer 

nobody bats an eye.

Cord Moreski is a poet from the Jersey Shore. He was the host of the poetry series Words on Main and the virtual poetry series The Couch Poets Collective. When he is not writing, Cord waits tables for a living and teaches middle school children that poetry is awesome. His new chapbook Confined Spaces (Two Key Customs, 2022) will be released in early 2022. You can follow Cord here: www.cordmoreski.com