i kept the goldfish you won for me
under the fluorescent carnival lightsi kissed the cold glass before bed
to pretend it was your foreheadi even kept it in there
when it's body turned upside downbecause it reminded me of you
all pretty and peaceful
in the trunk of my car
YOU ARE READING
ode to simplicity
Poetrypoems, thoughts, and pain for those who admire the clouds the same