josh thompson
two days in yuma
in a border town
we lost our heads
and stapled flowers
to the motel walls
the rental car
hit a tree
and we both
walked away
with just headaches
the moon
went down
the same way
every night
and we made
love
like two people do
when they’re not in
love
and the cats
outside the window
kept us up
way past
our bedtimes
in a border town
we found our heads
under the covers
breathing in rhyme.
Josh Thompson is a poet and short story writer from New York City. His work has appeared in The Coe Review, The Ugly Tree, Thick With Conviction, Poetry Superhighway and Right Hand Pointing, among others. His first book of poetry is entitled When All Else Fails, Try Dreaming and was published by Literary Road in 2006. He probably drinks too much and reads Bukowski to make himself feel better. He is going on 30 and fears the bumpy road ahead.