Main Street
Rain
Late Night Car Ride
Wind whips through the car window
rushing through the fingers of hands
that reach past the leather interior…
December Radiance
Twinkling
red, green, white lights
poke their beams out…
2018
What is the distinction between 2017 and 2018?
All that changes is the last number on our calendar
and we start a new cycle around the sun…
When You Ask What I’m Thinking
Lost in the hallucinations of my mind
where reality is Schrodinger’s experiment –
both fact and fiction are one and the same…
9/6/4
6 knew it was going to be one
of those days when 9 dragged
him and 4 out…
1/2
2
knows that
1
is out
of
his class…
3/5
3 never
paid much attention
to 5 when
they were together…
7/8
7 hurried down the hall
to the volleyball practice she
knew was starting now without her…
0
All of them have their quirks and problems,
though all they see are the others, not
their own. I am different than them. …
Morning Ritual
In the cold morning,
I step into the shower,
worshipping the warm water…
Erika Rowlee 