I am grateful once again to have a poem published on the King County Metro, through Poetry on Buses. This is a great public arts project in the Seattle metro area, keeping bus riders amused and inspired.
My poem, was originally published in Poetry on Buses, July 26, 2017. You can read it and many other poems for the year on the website, or here it is below:
Body of Truth
Admitting the truth can be as difficult as
the sea breaking its back…You can
Ruin a bike chain in that sort of weather
cruising so close to the edge…
When the tide rises, pools beneath your eyes