Back Deck: A Study ~ Betsy Johnson-Miller

 

I drink my whisky neat

the rain god’s fingers run
down my back

pulling
at my waistband

I’m almost
drunk enough

to say I’m in

but then I’d have to choose
what happens next

do I turn
into a swan

and feather
and wing away from here

or a laurel

my trunk and arms
holding crows
growing crowns