Poem – Swig (By JD DeHart)

How many people

live their lives balanced

on cups of caffeine or,

like my recently deceased

uncle, fill their trailer

lives with brown bottles,

windows hazed over

with cigarette smoking,

deciding it too difficult to

rise from the stained

sofa, choosing old Star

Trek VHS movies instead

of walking into reality?

Author Bio:




JD DeHart is a writer and teacher. His poems have appeared at Origami Poetry and Gargouille, among other publications. He blogs at https://jddehartpoetry.blogspot.com