[New post] Disease By Ryan Garesio

The Rising Phoenix Review posted: " Disease The migrant mother The leftover bread stale and turquoise in the corner of the roomwith no air conditioning The pocket change for a one-way bus ride The desperate manager counting the waysin which more customers can buy cigarettes " New post on The Rising Phoenix Review Disease By Ryan Garesio by The Rising Phoenix Review Disease The migrant mother The leftover bread stale and turquoise in the corner of the room with no air conditioning The pocket change for a one-way bus ride The desperate manager counting the ways in which more customers can buy cigarettes The sweat The dread of going back home to where the air is wet and tastes of senseless murder The cracked steps in the concrete to the nineteenth floor The door with no name just a number: 19D The child inside waiting for a chance to explain The panic that sets in after the realization that the succulent in the corner of the room has rotted away And is broken By Ryan Garesio Biography: Ryan Garesio is a middle school English teacher in Meriden, CT. When he's not trying to get adolescents to understand Thoreau, he's at home with his wife and two boys, trying to get toddlers to understand Seuss. The Rising Phoenix Review | August 29, 2021 at 10:32 pm | Tags: literature, poems, poetry, writing | Categories: literature, poetry, writers, writing, zine, zines | URL: https://wp.me/p5YKji-3dN Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from The Rising Phoenix Review. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://therisingphoenixreview.com/2021/08/29/disease-by-ryan-garesio/