........

your best childhood memory

justin.barrett

begins with the
rusty creak
of a swing

and ends with
a smile on
your father’s
face.


like fireworks

justin.barrett

poems
are best when
they are
over

when the only
thing left
are their ghostly
tendrils
hanging in
the darkness

waiting to be
illuminated by the next
crack of light


analogy

justin.barrett

you are a sidewalk
after a summer
sunshower

and i am an
earthworm braving
your heated
expanse


last night

justin.barrett

darkr

the only light
coming
from the stars
as if they
were taped to
the windows

my right
hand
tangled with
her left
and i could
still feel her dripping
from the
corner of my
mouth

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