For Hunter, in the Greatest Country in the World

Taking one of those

big coconut scythes

to your rock and

chipping out dimples

til it’s a Titleist

& smoking that.

Weeding your father’s

hair with pruning shears or

vacuum scissors with

a tooth gap

Slurping gin from

soup kitchen ladles,

burping on the floor,

meet-cute on the floor,

imagining Ukrainian burgers

Withdrawing but the

Rite Aids went under so

there goes Western Union,

I know where your head’s at:

start a painting practice

Bugging me for

glassware or napkins

every 20 minutes

Downloading the Fleet Foxes

DLC for GTA V strip club,

we did the same

in college, me

and mine

& Holding Degas’ girl

real close, half your

age and gentle, breathing

that purple mountain air,

feeling up that majesty

us Delaware boys know



Posted on April 14, 2025