see Indiana limestone
carve through night
glance in the mirror
double-check proportions
Honest with his shirt off
realities of skin
flesh barely contains bones
feel closer to him
perfect precise little details
correct bulges in the thigh
eighteen days in jail
after wrecking my new car
Nathan Thomas is from the unincorporated community of Loudendale, West Virginia and is currently based out of Huntington. Their work has been featured in Hobart, Dinner Bell, and the Screen Door Review. They believe the good ol' days are yet to come.
This poem won the 2019 Hot Lincoln Statue Poetry Contest.
