Nebraska, 2025 by Madeline Rupard
Sacred screen door
a cold wind
visits
for a week or so
clouds greet me
@ my doorstep
i look up
The economics of pain
I’m a frenetic – reaching for /
waiting for a silverware
various parking l
ots appeal to me but
esp. the immaculate
strip mall ones
with a
sun settin into them
a criminalized ecology
prolific / jaunted the lot
its emptiness I wanna
touch it
i’ve had enough
a lot
dusk
perfect park job
unwritten bible story
a sidewalk crack
could never haunt me
school is a pile
of old leaves
Austin Miles is from southeast Ohio. He is the author of the chapbook Perfect Garbage Forever (Bottlecap Press) and has poems published in Touch the Donkey, Reap Thrill, Don’t Submit!, and elsewhere.
(Painter: Madeline Rupard: @madelinerupard / madelinerupard.com)
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