I assume I was seen in the way
a postcard is seen
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Louis Damani Jones is a fellow at the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at Washington University. He is also a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis. His poetry has appeared in the River Bluff Review and the Black Catholic Messenger.
I assume I was seen in the way
a postcard is seen
hung up for too long
on a mind’s rack to stretch