Tuesday, April 8, 2014

QUINCY, CALIFORNIA

artwork: ralph murre


QUINCY, CALIFORNIA
by Tony Gloeggler

The kind of town we stopped
for gas and asked directions
to that hillside inn ten years ago
When it rained and rained
and we stayed in bed, lost count
of the times we came and came

Kind of town you now live in
with your second husband, split
level home, road side mail box

Town you called from late last night
to tell me about the sharp pains
the red shredded things
that dropped into the water
as you sat on the toilet stool
forty years old, wanting your first child



~ first published in Mudfish