"Turnover" by Lawrence Bridges

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Turnover

I stole time from work until work would not support
leisure, stepping on cushions of words in a city of thin
air, sitting in a car as if listening to metal radio, an inert
and noble music from a separate world. Now into
poverty and solace as the story unfolds. I wake
consuming my kitchen.  I set down my burden ready to
die under this spell, tentatively adorning the canyons and
receding from the stars.  I realize that all these years
sleep has been a waste.

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Lawrence Bridges' poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Tampa Review. He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums (Red Hen Press, 2006), Flip Days (Red Hen Press, 2009), and Brownwood (Tupelo Press, 2016). You can find him on IG: @larrybridges