Conserving themselves
against the breeze
youngsters rest
trading dreams with
angels. The city
hauls itself wakeful on
talk of death, lies
extending into sunrise
unseen, unsought
Rob Bracks lives in Atlanta, GA. “Minneapolis” was written from memory and from a photograph about two weeks before the murder of George Floyd (RIP). This will be Rob’s second published poem as an adult, the other one being in the “We See Your Silence” issue of Rowdy Magazine. Find him on Twitter @robbiebracks
Image: “Nostalgia” by Yousef Abdelmagid
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