He steps onto his balcony with cigarette and mug wearing a shirt that reads, “We can end gun violence.” His glasses always catch the eastern sun or the white overcast sky and when I look at him he shifts away feigning a reflective gaze into the middle distance. I must appear entitled sitting on my […]
Lauren Tess
Lauren Tess’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Cimarron Review, Tar River Poetry, Saranac Review, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of an Open Mouth Poetry Residency for 2021. Lauren lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with her family.