Flowers like credit
card offers.
Petals pulled away
like eyelids
from bulbs.
I can’t even watch
your plot.
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 21, Issue 4.
After living in Alaska and California, Bret Shepard completed his PhD at the University of Nebraska. Currently, he lives in Tacoma, Washington and teaches at Green River College. He is the author of Negative Compass, winner of the Wells College Chapbook Prize.
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