I'm at the pool hall
and just finished prepping
for the inclement weather.
I’m reading some poems
while the bikers
hit on the barely legal bartender.
I got the last beer
from the keg
before it kicked.
It appears
I’m starting the year
getting lucky.
Jake St. John lives in the woods on the edge of the Salmon River. He is the author of several collections of poetry including Lips Leave Scars (with Jenn Knickerbocker, Whiskey City Press, 2023) Ring of Fog (Holy and Intoxicated Publications, 2022), Night Full of Diamonds (Whiskey City Press, 2021), and Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019). He is the editor of Elephant and is considered an original member of the New London School of poetry. His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world."
His current book, The 13th Round is published through Six Ft. Swells Press and is available everywhere please pick yourself up a copy today.
https://www.amazon.com/13th-Round-Jake-St-John/dp/B0F2KBGR8M
