For Nathan, who didn’t kill a wasp
You scoop a wasp out of
your beer and it flies away,
half drunk, half grateful,
out of that particular fate;
little droplets falling against
the curious shadow cast by
your glass (curious because
it is the evening of the day).
That night I slept better than
I had done in a long time.
I didn’t dream of the day we
all stood in stupor looking
at the sky,
although I wish I could sit
still in silence,
wondering at the stars.
Published in Eunoia Review
