Self-help
The electric blue buzz of the bug-killing lamp
pitches its hiss from a rundown house
I pass in the morning before light
listening to this audiobook
on communication
in marriage.
David S. Higdon is a writer from Central Kentucky. His writing has been featured in Appalachian Review, Still: The Journal, Salvation South, and others. His poetry has recently been published in Once a City Said: A Louisville Poets Anthology by Sarabande Books. He lives with his family in Louisville, Ky.
See more of David's work in 12.4