• Poetry

    “Long Vacation” by Jake Bauer

         I am a person in need of a very
    long vacation to a very cold climate.
    There, one can ski out onto
    the ice which is actually
    a frozen-over cup of water
    waiting on the nightstand
    of a thief after a quick job. A boy
    had to die. The world is big
    then it is diamond-small
    and you slip it in your pocket
    on your way out the door, thinking
    I’ll need this later.

     

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    Jake Bauer is the Marketing Director for Saturnalia Books.