—I’m able to love
the abandoned amusement parks
in the dark, unhumming guts
of refrigerators lining this rezoned sidewalk
and the boutique olive oil stores and tea shops that,
let’s face it,
are already on their way.(More …)
Corey Oglesby is a poet, musician, and illustrator from the Washington, D.C., area. His poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Barrow Street, DIAGRAM, Beloit Poetry Journal, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, and elsewhere. Learn more at Http://www.coreyoglesby.com
—I’m able to love
the abandoned amusement parks
in the dark, unhumming guts
of refrigerators lining this rezoned sidewalk
and the boutique olive oil stores and tea shops that,
let’s face it,
are already on their way.(More …)
When the universe begins to rip apart
in they say about ten billion years,
I will still love your hair.
They say a lot of things, though. (More …)