There are a million ways to shoot guns
at the edge of a soy field. Maybe I like
the tough life, take-out on Thanksgiving,
crumpled Parliament boxes on a hoopty
floorboard, gathering around a photo album
with people you once loved, and asking,
Who’s this? Some people wonder,
how much time do I have left
to become the person I want to be?
I drive to our first trailer,
roll down the window,
and listen to loons
croon in the
night.
Bryce Berkowitz is the winner of the Austin Film Festival's AMC TV Pilot Award (2021). He is the author of Bermuda Ferris Wheel, winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award (forthcoming 2022). His writing has appeared in Best New Poets, New Poetry from the Midwest, The Sewanee Review, The Missouri Review, and other publications. He teaches at Butler University. Find him at: www.bryceberkowitz.com