today marks the 40th anniversary of her death
I still haven’t learned how to play the drums
but the January birds are singing like spring is here
and the coffee is good
and I’m thinking of the person
whose $30 I found in the lobby at work
and never called to claim it
did they need it?
I certainly did
so all is as well as to be expected

Selected byNolcha Fox
Image credit:Chris Chow

Ken Tomaro is a writer living in Cleveland, Ohio. His work centers around everyday life with depression. Sometimes blunt, often dark but always grounded in reality.

He has 4 full-length collections of poetry: Home Is Where the Headstones Are, An Angry Year, Paralysis & Potholes and Perogies (through Alien Buddha Press) available on Amazon.