Anywhere but Here and this Moment
Poem from a writing prompt exercise. So this is a hypothetical, thankfully. Revision of a 2012 poem as well.
An abandoned rusted car in the summer heat with no boyfriends–who I met with after high school to make out with just to stop ourselves from going home because their parents never quite accepted them like mine's– to keep me company even under the moon's guiding illuminations on July nights bedazzled with fireworks and l…
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