The Good Book
This Poem Appears
in my poetry collection (with some revisions), Digging to China, published by Sweatshoppe Publications in 2012.
Hunched over on a park bench—
A man.
Surrounded by trees
Couples walking
Foraging squirrels,
He doesn’t notice.
Head down
In a book,
Opened.
Front and back covers
Spread.
The flaps
and spine form
The letter M.
Lost,
Somewhere else.
all rights reserved. Copyright Justin W. Price 2011.
First revision published Nov 25, 2011
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