a little river
runs through here
separating gas stations
from low-rent housing
it holds no fish
flows slow
with godly
patience
those waters
hide handguns
discarded
by murderers
“the little river” was printed in Hawthorne Road, No. 2 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
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