The summer bum
In his yard again
Suburban beached whale
Spreads his toes
Across a sunburned lawn
He lets out a big
Wailing
Yawn
An oafish sojourn
Amidst a nimble eon
A piece from Sweat. In Sweat, readers are treated to thirty-seven poems, one for every Celsius degree of normal body temperature. It’s a collection centered around the experience of aging, trying to accept the things we can’t control, and the role holding plays in our lives.
Learn more at tylerfugazzie.com/sweat.
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