Observation From Booth by Jake St. John & Jenn Knickerbocker

Drinking a beer

in the shadow

of Michael’s

Meat Market

taking in

bits of

conversation

they divulge

over wine

old friends

catching up

never missing

a beat

To my left

sits experience

more words

are said with

a look

rather

than speech

age 

has left them

less 

a couple

now more

a single

unit

With thoughts

aligned 

the stars

near the 

big moon

that hangs over 

your head

somewhere else

like my mind

tonight.

 

 

Jake St. John spends his nights in a cabin on the edge of the woods. He is the author of several collections of poetry including Night Full of Diamonds (Whiskey City Press, 2021), Snow Moon (Holy & Intoxicated Publications, 2019) and Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019). His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world. 

 

 

 

 

Jenn Knickerbocker is a writer, a mother, and a teacher. You can find her on a forest path or sitting fireside during her free time.