HOMETOWN CEDAR RAPIDS Sunday morning Czech party with radio polkasinging she's too fat for me / won't you ridein my little red wagon? The smell of pigand cattle offal and burning oatmeal. Cruising the Ave, criss-crossed with the river,kids wit…  | By The Rising Phoenix Review on August 26, 2024 | HOMETOWN CEDAR RAPIDS Sunday morning Czech party with radio polka
singing she's too fat for me / won't you ride
in my little red wagon? The smell of pig
and cattle offal and burning oatmeal. Cruising the Ave, criss-crossed with the river,
kids with their windows down in winter
hot and high and hungry. Summers at the pool
kissing behind bushes. Sun-warmed, rain- washed raspberries and cherry tomatoes.
It was not as flat as one would expect.
The neighbor who sat on the carcass
of his old car was the least scary thing on the way home from school
under the white, bright, listless sky, that filigree of gauze
between the endless now
and the ghostly future. By Julie Benesh Biography: Julie Benesh is author of the poetry collection INITIAL CONDITIONS and the poetry chapbook ABOUT TIME. She has been published in Tin House, Another Chicago Magazine, Florida Review, and many other places, earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College, and received an Illinois Arts Council Grant. She teaches writing craft workshops at the Newberry Library. She holds a PhD in human and organizational systems. Read more at juliebenesh.com. | | | |
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