letting go of your hand
I fell into the night sky

high above the streetlight
where you stood

I did not beg you
but I begged the world

not to let me go
& falling I walked away

& I kept falling
inside myself until finally

I fell into the ocean
laughing when I heard the splash

Selected byRaymond Huffman
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I have one book of poetry published in Tucson by Moon Pony Press in 2009 titled, The Certainty of Looking Elsewhere. My poetry has been published in numerous small presses including: Dark Horse, Gargoyle, 6ix, Tor House Newsletter, The Moth.